What's new in law and case law around the world?: Biannual update on national implementation of international humanitarian law* July–December 2013

1 In order to assist States, the ICRC Advisory Service proposes a multiplicity of tools, including thematic fact sheets, ratification kits and model laws, all available at the unit's web page, available at: www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/ihl-domestic-law.

2 To view the full list of IHL-related treaties, please visit the ICRC Treaty Database. ICRC, Treaties and States Parties to Such Treaties, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl.

3 ICRC, IHL: National Implementation Database, available at: https:// www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.

4 Under Article 2 of the CPPED, “enforced disappearance” is considered to be the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law.

5 International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers, 9 November 2010, available at: http://www.icoc-psp.org/Home_Page.html.

6 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law Around the World? Biannual Update on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, January–June 2013”, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/review/2013/irrc-891-892-national-implementation.pdf.

7 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law Around the World? Biannual Update on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Related Treaties, July–December 2012”, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/review/2013/irrc-890-national-implementation.pdf.

8 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law Around the World? Biannual Update on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Related Treaties, July–December 2012”, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/review/2013/irrc-890-national-implementation.pdf.

* This selection of national legislation and case law has been prepared by Julian Jaccard, legal intern at the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law.