New Legal Database Now Online From International Committee of the Red Cross to Enhance Protection for War Victims
As we pointed out a few days ago, a new database from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (in association with the British Red Cross) is now live online at no charge. We've also listed two other ICRC databases (free).
Developed in association with the British Red Cross, the database is designed to be used as a legal reference in international and non-international armed conflicts, including by courts, tribunals and international organizations. As one of the principal sources of international humanitarian law, customary law enhances the legal protection of victims of armed conflict.
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The new customary international humanitarian law database features 50 per cent more content than the original study – a printed version would run to more than 8,000 pages. Divided into two parts, the first includes 161 rules which the original study assessed to be of customary nature. The second part contains the practice on which the conclusions in part one are based. The database offers practitioners and academics easy access to the rules of customary international humanitarian law identified in the ICRC study and gives them the opportunity to investigate underlying practice by means of three search parameters: subject matter, type of practice and country.
The database also contains new international materials, in particular international case law and United Nations material up until the end of 2007. As the formation of customary international humanitarian law is an ongoing process, regular updates, including of national practice, will be provided on the basis of contributions by ICRC delegations and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which will be processed by a team of lawyers based at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge.
This database provides documentation and commentaries concerning the implementation of international humanitarian law at the national level. The number of States included will steadily increase over time.
The content is drawn from information available to the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law. It illustrates possible approaches to incorporating IHL in national legislation but does not seek to provide a comprehensive picture of the situation.
English is used throughout the database (apart from official texts in French and Spanish, which appear in the original language)
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