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… or used for non-educational purposes. Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict must ensure that …
… Hostilities Unit at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross … before you in this forum to highlight the humanitarian consequences of weapons. … its expertise in international humanitarian law (IHL) . The rapid development and use of …
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… published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better … of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive … First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains …
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… and explosive devices In general terms, international humanitarian law (IHL) prohibits methods and means of …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
