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Teaching international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip: A success story amid complexities

Teaching international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip: A success story amid complexities

March 13, 2019 6 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Samer Mousa

In the past few years, despite the difficult prevailing conditions, there has been a paradigm shift in how international humanitarian law (IHL) has ...

IHL and Islam: An overview

IHL and Islam: An overview

March 14, 2017 22 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Primers / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody

With armed conflicts taking place in so many parts of the Muslim world, the Islamic ...

A new humanitarian law course for practitioners: Modernizing the ICRC’s approach to legal training

A new humanitarian law course for practitioners: Modernizing the ICRC’s approach to legal training

January 6, 2017 6 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Pavle Kilibarda & Etienne Kuster

Whether they engage in dialogue with belligerent parties or distribute relief to war-afflicted populations across the globe, humanitarian practitioners need to understand the ...

Interview with Dr Bassim Al-Rubaye, Member of Iraq’s Council of Ministers

Interview with Dr Bassim Al-Rubaye, Member of Iraq’s Council of Ministers

December 20, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Interviews / Law and Conflict / Religion Raphaël Dallaire Ferland

National Committees on international humanitarian law (IHL) are at the forefront of efforts to ensure ...

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

December 5, 2016 5 mins read Online publications Helen Durham

The ICRC has published the results of a large survey detailing how people around the world perceive a range of issues relating to ...

Beyond ratification: National committees and the implementation of international humanitarian law

Beyond ratification: National committees and the implementation of international humanitarian law

November 21, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict ICRC Advisory Service on IHL

Armed conflicts continue to cause immense suffering and large-scale destruction, despite the existence of a ...

Modern conflict: Address by ICRC’s vice-president to SWIRMO 2016

Modern conflict: Address by ICRC’s vice-president to SWIRMO 2016

October 27, 2016 1 min read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC

Address by Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC, at the opening of the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO), ...

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

October 25, 2016 8 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict The editors

In situations of armed conflicts and violence across the world, humanitarian actors operate amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Not only ...

Back to basics: Enhancing African adherence to the rules of war

Back to basics: Enhancing African adherence to the rules of war

October 4, 2016 6 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Mutsa Mangezi

While many African countries continue to live with the daily consequences of armed conflict, the proper application and implementation of international humanitarian law ...

An unwarranted human sacrifice in the Middle East

An unwarranted human sacrifice in the Middle East

September 26, 2016 12 mins read Counterterrorism / Law and Conflict / Religion / Stories Omar Mekky

Earlier this month Muslims in the Middle East and across the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. Those holy days honor ...

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

September 13, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy

Speech given by Dr Nils Melzer, author of International Humanitarian Law – a Comprehensive Introduction, at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, ...

Generating respect for the law in Africa

Generating respect for the law in Africa

August 31, 2016 11 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Margherita D’Ascanio

The majority of armed conflicts being fought on the African continent are classified as non-international armed conflicts, and are characterized by the presence ...