| website | https://www.icrc.org/ |
| past lives | International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International, Association for the Prevention of Torture, Arvay Finlay |
| studied at | University of Essex, UK (LLM, PhD). University of Victoria, Canada (BA, LLB) |
| hashtags | #ICRC #IHL #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #redcross #internationallaw #PMSCs #foodsecurity #torture #IHRL #InternationalHumanRightsLaw #humanrights |
The International Committee of the Red Cross (#ICRC) has been on the side of humanity for 160 years today.
Our story is about people affected by #conflict and #violence.
For the past 160 years we've fought to ensure that civilians and other war victims are protected through international humanitarian law (#IHL).
https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/history/160-years-humanity
Read this blog and thread on ICRC's engagement with armed groups. @mattbam1
BLUF: continued efforts are needed to legally protect and strengthen the humanitarian space and continue convincing authorities to enable @ICRC engagement with groups on their territory.
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RT @mattbam1
Engagement with armed groups (AGs) is a humanitarian necessity.
It is vital if the ICRC is to carry out its humanitarian mandate to alleviate and prevent the …
https://twitter.com/mattbam1/status/1613517708796252162
“Engagement with armed groups (AGs) is a humanitarian necessity. It is vital if the ICRC is to carry out its humanitarian mandate to alleviate and prevent the suffering of persons living in AG-controlled areas. 🧵on ICRC’s engagement with AGs in 2022: https://t.co/rc2oaWyvjp”
📢 @ICRC launches its International Humanitarian Law Databases with a brand-new interface!
You can now easily find #IHL rules in both treaty and customary law, as well as their application & interpretation in national practice
The ICRC has redesigned our international humanitarian law databases, to make the rules protecting people in time of war easier to find and understand.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en
Later today, not too late to register!
Online #icrc event, 17 Nov, 14:00 CET.
How did International Humanitarian Law (#IHL), the body of rules that protect people in armed conflict, come to be & what is its future?
Panel discussion & launch of dedicated issue of the International Review of the Red Cross.
With Nils Melzer, Tania Ixchel Atilano, Jann Kleffner, Cordula Droege, Gloria Gaggioli & Bruno Demeyere.
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 © Succession Picasso / 2022, ProLitteris, ZurichHigh resolution photo provided by: Photographic Archives Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia."How does international humanitarian law (IHL) develop?" is a question, seemingly simple, loaded with even more questions within it, touching upon the history of IHL, its current status and future prospects. Is it developed only by States? Then what is the role and involvement of non-state actors?
How did international humanitarian law #IHL develop historically? What are its prospects?
For ruminations on these questions, please join this wonderful #ICRC panel on 17 Nov, as the IRRC launches its new issue!
This issue features an article by Prof Maartje Abbenhuis, Dr Branka Bogdan, and myself (@maartjeabb + @BrankaBogdan on the Birdsite) on the #humanitarian controversy around #DumDum bullets in the the #Anglo-European public sphere in the 1890s. #militaryhistory
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 © Succession Picasso / 2022, ProLitteris, ZurichHigh resolution photo provided by: Photographic Archives Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia."How does international humanitarian law (IHL) develop?" is a question, seemingly simple, loaded with even more questions within it, touching upon the history of IHL, its current status and future prospects. Is it developed only by States? Then what is the role and involvement of non-state actors?
Online #icrc event on 'How international humanitarian law (#IHL) develops', 17 November.
IHL is the body of rules that protect people in times of armed conflict. How did these rules form and what is their future?
Panel discussion & launch of dedicated double issue of the International Review of the Red Cross.
Speakers include: Nils Melzer, Tania Ixchel Atilano, Jann Kleffner, Cordula Droege & Gloria Gaggioli. Moderator Bruno Demeyere.
Details & registration here: https://www.icrc.org/en/event/past-present-and-future-development-international-humanitarian-law-zooming-how
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 © Succession Picasso / 2022, ProLitteris, ZurichHigh resolution photo provided by: Photographic Archives Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia."How does international humanitarian law (IHL) develop?" is a question, seemingly simple, loaded with even more questions within it, touching upon the history of IHL, its current status and future prospects. Is it developed only by States? Then what is the role and involvement of non-state actors?
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