Beschreibung:
<jats:p>In December 1995 the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent endorsed the recommendations drawn up by the Intergovernmental
Group of Experts for the Protection for War Victims which had met, at the
invitation of the Swiss government, on 23–27 January 1995 in Geneva.
Recommendation II of this Group proposed that:</jats:p>
<jats:p>“the ICRC be invited to prepare, with the assistance of experts in IHL
[international humanitarian law] representing various geographical regions
and different legal systems, and in consultation with experts from
governments and international organisations, a report on customary rules of
IHL applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts, and
to circulate the report to States and competent international
bodies.”</jats:p>