Updated Commentaries bring fresh insights on continued relevance of Geneva Conventions 1/5/2016, IHL What is acceptable and what is prohibited in armed conflict? The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of International Humanitarian Law ...
Why the Mine Ban Convention was worth fighting for and still is 7/4/2016, IHL Mine Awareness Day An article by Helen Durham, director of International Law and Policy, ICRC Nearly 20 years have passed since the Ottawa ...
IHL: ICRC launches new guidance bolstering relevance of Geneva Conventions 23/3/2016, IHL / News releases and statements 21 March 2016, ICRC News Release Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross has unveiled major new guidance on the implementation ...
Ready, set, go… The 2016 Jean-Pictet Competition was launched in France 20/3/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences The 28th edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition for International Humanitarian Law, organized with the Internatioanl Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was launched ...
ICRC’s IHL Competition: Nurturing Generations of Law Practitioners 20/3/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences The IHL national competition: a perfect tool aiming at strengthening understanding of, and compliance with, International Humanitarian Law Last November, the delegation of ...
The Annual Seminar of ICRC and the Association for Civil Right was launched in Tel Aviv 12/2/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences 30 young legal professionals, Israeli and Palestinians, from the private, public and third sector took part in the first session of the 6th annual ...
Sexual violence is not an inevitable aspect of war 4/2/2016, IHL Video ICRC law and policy director Helen Durham explains how States and regional bodies committed themselves to dealing with this “hidden” issue at ...
The Objective: Laws of War for Cyber Warfare 14/1/2016, ICRC In the Media / IHL An interview of Larry Maybee, Head of Legal Department for the ICRC’s Delegation for Israel and the Occupied Territories on the Laws of War in ...
Minerva-ICRC conference: Reassessing Developments in Laws of Armed Conflict 17/12/2015, IHL / IHL events and conferences It has become a tradition of the Minerva – ICRC conference on International Humanitarian Law to venture into unchartered territory and explore issues ...
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem to represent Israel in International IHL Competition 6/12/2015, IHL / IHL events and conferences Shani Dann, Gal Cohen and Asher Rottenberg from Hebrew University of Jerusalem are the winners of the 9th national International Humanitarian Law (IHL) ...
