IHL

ICRC International Humanitarian Law

ICRC has the core mandate of promoting IHL within national authorities, academic, practitioners, military, Law enforcement organs.

• Regular national and regional advanced training on IHL and its contemporary challenges

• National and Regional competitions on IHL

• Youth Dialogues on IHL

• Public Lecture on different IHL specific topics

Promoting International Humanitarian Law among Rwandan law students

A member from one of the competing teams delivers a statement during the fourth Annual National 
Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) held in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Treaties, States Parties and Commentaries includes the text of IHL treaties and related documents and lists the States that have signed and/or ratified or acceded to the treaties, with their potential reservations or declarations. It also contains the existing commentaries to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and include the updated Commentaries.

Regular national and regional advanced training on IHL and its contemporary challenges

The National implementation contains laws and case law that implement IHL treaties and other related international instruments, and illustrates possible approaches to incorporating IHL in national legal and administrative frameworks. The collection has topics organized by state and most of the documents in this collection are entered with a summary to facilitate their consultation.

 

Judges, court registrars, researchers and inspectors of the High Court-Chamber of International Crimes and the Court of the Appeal pose for a picture during the IHL training. The ICRC, acting in accordance with its mandate as the guardian of IHL, promotes IHL in Rwanda and throughout the world.   

Fourth Annual IHL Moot Court Competition 2019

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ICRC Support Treaty Participation and National Implementation

The National implementation contains laws and case law that implement IHL treaties and other related international instruments, and illustrates possible approaches to incorporating IHL in national legal and administrative frameworks. The collection has topics organised by state and most of the documents in this collection are entered with a summary to facilitate their consultation.

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