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The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: Commentary

The Fundamental Principles are the result of a century of experience. Proclaimed in Vienna in 1965, they bond together the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee …

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The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law

International Symposium on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva, 19-21 October 1995. Paper presented by Dr Hans-Peter Gasser, Senior Legal Adviser, International …

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International humanitarian law and the protection of war victims

Extract from "International Humanitarian Law: An introduction", Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva/Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, 1993. Updated by the author in November 1998.   Dr Hans-Peter Gasser, …

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The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law

The ICRC acts as the guardian of international humanitarian law, a complex role that is closely connected with its own foundation and was later formally entrusted to it by the international …

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New weapons - Factsheet

International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules which seeks to limit the effects of armed con­flict. It restricts the means and methods of warfare permitted to combatants and protects those …

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Practical advice for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Guidelines

Guidelines, intended to support States in the implementation of a system for the protection of cultural property, addressing the definition of cultural property; give an overview of the instruments …

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The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law

Fact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms applicable to this particular aspect of international humanitarian law. ADVISORY SERVICE ON …

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Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Report

Report drawn up by the Advisory Service on international humanitarian law of the International Committee of the Red Cross following the Meeting of experts on national implementation of the rules for …

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1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

Factsheet on explaining the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. In particular, the following questions/topics are …

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The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet

Factsheet on the obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law. In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: dissemination: a treaty-based obligations for the States; the …

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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.