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World Peace Forum: ICRC calls for multilateral cooperation and new approaches to conflict prevention and resolution

… and the World Peace Forum for inviting the International Committee of the Red Cross to … - that was specifically tasked to carry out humanitarian operations in situations of armed … form the core of international humanitarian law. These rules created important …

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Twelve Issues for 2022 What States Can do to Improve Respect for International Humanitarian Law

… building a global culture of respect for the law. …

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What is international humanitarian law?

International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that seeks, for … law of armed conflict". IHL is part of public international law, which is made up primarily …

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Online Community for National Committees and Similar Entities on IHL - Factsheet

… order to ensure the effective application of international humanitarian law (IHL), many states have created national …

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ICRC directorate

… Pierre Krähenbühl is Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross … for steering the organisation's global humanitarian activities and its 18,000 staff … Dr Nils Melzer Director of International Law, Policy & Humanitarian Diplomacy Nils …

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Regional state consultations on international humanitarian law and cyber operations during armed conflicts

… of regional consultations with States on international humanitarian law and cyber operations during armed …

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Report from the Regional State Consultation on IHL and Cyber Operations-Americas

… The government of Mexico and the International Committee of the Red Cross … of Latin American states on international humanitarian law (IHL) and cyber operations during armed …

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First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

… Working paper by the International Committee of the Red Cross Nuclear disarmament as a humanitarian and legal imperative 1. The … and principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the interests of humanity at the …

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The 1st World Conference on Health in Detention

… June 2022 | Time: 08:30 - 17:00 Venue: Centre International de Conférences Genève, Rue de … 16:00 People and their needs at the centre of humanitarian action: The ICRC’s Health Vision … Appleton, Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom …

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Philippines: Stories of survival and hope rise amid conflict

… initiative (MEI) programme of the International Committee of the Red Cross … on their backs, they relied on aid from humanitarian organizations and the government … that she had learned the skill from her in-laws who used to own a bakery. It was one way …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.