International humanitarian law (IHL), is also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict. IHL is a set of rules which seek – for humanitarian reasons – to limit the effects of armed conflict ...

including human rights law and international humanitarian law. The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly in 1947 to promote the progressive development of ...

In the framework of the co-operation between the ICRC and the British Red Cross to update the practice collection of the ICRC's study on customary international humanitarian law (IHL), the ICRC and ...

Under international humanitarian law, the conflict in Somalia is considered a non-international armed conflict. (An international armed conflict is an armed conflict between two or more states.) ...

Every day in our work, we see the Geneva Conventions in action. As long as conflicts remain a reality, international humanitarian law serves to limit human suffering and protect civilians, aid workers ...