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The ICRC takes this opportunity to present the prevailing legal opinion on the definition of "international armed conflict" and "non-international armed conflict" under...
This article seeks to conceptualize the notion of armed conflict and examines the extent to which the existing body of humanitarian law applies to the new asymmetrical conflicts.
This publication aims to provide States and armed groups, as well as humanitarian and other actors working with parties to non-international armed conflicts with suggestions for ways in which the...
The aim of this brochure is to enable the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to share with the various humanitarian actors and human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...
Children who take direct part in hostilities do not lose that special protection. The Additional Protocols, the 1989 Convention on the rights of the child and its recent Optional Protocol, in...
This report begins with a discussion on why evidence matters, to inform and strengthen humanitarian response to emergencies. The report details why sex/ gender and age matter for evidenced based...
Specific rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) protecting humanitarian personnel and their operations are applicable in the context of the non-international armed conflict in Afghanistan....
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a humanitarian fund established by the General Assembly in 2006 to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to those affected by...
This paper examines the emergence of a humanitarian frontline in several operational contexts. Over the last fifteen years and since 2001 in particular, the international aid sector has been...
The "Urban Displacement in Pakistan" Collection presents a selection of documents concerning displaced people in Pakistan. This collection addresses among many resources the following areas:...