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American Red Cross: Exploring Humanitarian Law: Guide for Teachers WebsiteAmerican Red Cross: Exploring Humanitarian Law: Guide for Teachers Website
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American Red Cross: Exploring Humanitarian Law: Guide for Teachers

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Humanitarian Law in an international law serving to protect human life and dignity for all in times of conflict. This guide provides articles, cases, videos, interactive projects and much more to deepen student's understanding of the law and its importance in the modern world. Introduce students to the effects of war on people and equip them with tools to protect others from those effects with these Red Cross resources.

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global issues, human dignity, humanitarianism, impact of war on people, protect human rights, respect life, humanitarian law, human rights issues

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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