The archives of humanitarian coordination bodies set up jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the former "League"), National Societies or other …
… and in Pafny, people have taken to the streets throughout Zanadu to protest against … security company helicopters firing into the streets, resulting in civilian casualties and … 2001, during an Albanian demonstration on the streets of Tetovo, a dozen UCKM members …
Maidan, Kiev, Ukraine, 22 January 2014. With temperatures at -20°C, the URCS emergency response team provides first aid amidst the violence. © Mstyslav Chernov / UnFrame Maidan, Kiev, Ukraine, 21 …
37th round table on current issues of international humanitarian law: Conduct of hostilities: the Practice, the Law and the Future, Sanremo, 4 - 6 September 2014. Article by Laurent Gisel, legal …
… volunteers retrieve dead bodies from the streets of Aleppo in April 2013. © Syrian Red …
During and after the 10-years armed conflict in Nepal (1996 to 2006), ambiguity about the fate of a relative is a harsh reality for countless persons. Not knowing whether relatives are alive or dead, …
… of violence, the security situation on the streets is highly volatile. Against a backdrop …
Since the beginning of 2014, the ICRC has been providing practical First Aid training sessions for Syrian refugees residing in Zaatari Camp, Jordan's largest refugee camp. The sessions aim at …
Expert meeting report The ICRC convened an international expert meeting on autonomous weapon systems from 26 to 28 March 2014. It brought together government experts from 21 States and 13 individual …
… and the ICRC walk down the devastated streets of Yarmouk camp. © SARC/Vivian Toumeh …
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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.
