On the 17th of October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of …
International humanitarian law (IHL) aims to limit the effects of armed conflict for humanitarian reasons. It does so by placing limits on the means and methods of warfare, with a view to limiting …
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Recent armed conflicts have seen civilians encouraged to collect militarily-relevant information through smart-phone; unprecedented numbers of civilian hacker groups (often referred to as …
04-11-2025 4th International Conference for Families of Missing Persons – Geneva, 11–13 November 2025 Geneva, 4 November 2025 – From Colombia to Sri Lanka, the Balkans to the Sahel, countless …
Recent armed conflicts have seen civilians encouraged to collect militarily-relevant information through smart-phone; unprecedented numbers of civilian hacker groups (often referred to as …
02-11-2025 The State of Kuwait and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a Fourth High-Level Strategic Dialogue (HLSD) in Kuwait City, reaffirming their long-standing cooperation …
01-11-2025 Riyadh (ICRC)- Over 125 senior military officers from more than 90 countries gathered in Riyadh today for the opening of the 18th Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military …
31-10-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The following statement is attributable to Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
