Customary international humanitarian law is a body of unwritten rules of public international law, which govern conduct during armed conflict.

The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties and protocols that establish the standards of humane treatment during armed conflicts and other emergencies.

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all individuals are entitled, regardless of nationality, race, gender, religion, or any other status.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that provides assistance and protection to victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence.

International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello).

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, the organization's main administrative body.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a historic document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict that took place between 1914 and 1918.