IRRC No. 281

National Measures to Implement International Humanitarian Law: Steps taken by the ICRC

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Like any body of law, international humanitarian law (IHL) was intended not as a series of abstract precepts, but as a set of specific rules governing real situations. This is reaffirmed in Article 1 common to the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which lays down the obligation for the High Contracting Parties to respect and ensure respect for these treaties in all circumstances.

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Implementing International Humanitarian Law: Problems and Priorities author: Dieter Fleck

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The Belgian Interdepartmental Commission for Humanitarian Law author: Marc Offermans

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List of States (21) having declared that they recognize the competence of the International Fact-Finding Commission, under Article 90, para. 2a) of Additional Protocol I (as at 31 March 1991) author:

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Seminar on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: Sofia, 20-22 September 1990 author:

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New Parties to the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols: Accession of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Geneva Conventions author:

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