21-03-2025 From the resumption of hostilities in Gaza and Israel to escalating violence in Yemen, millions of civilians in the Middle East find themselves once again trapped in a never-ending cycle …
SCORE aims to build the resilience of communities in Myanmar , integrating lessons learned from ICRC’s partnership with the World Bank since 2023. SCORE aims to build community resilience through …
People in northeast Nigeria continue to go missing due to the ongoing armed conflict that has started more than a decade ago. For the families of missing persons, the emotional toll can be …
Zerihun Legesse is a Water and Habitat Project Manager at the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ethiopia. He is currently managing an urban water supply project in …
Myanmar, the second largest country in Southeast Asia, is home to more than 130 ethnic groups and shares borders with India, Bangladesh, China, Laos, and Thailand. Although the country is rich in …
20-03-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time of escalating global conflict, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a series of consultations to better understand how upholding …
The 23rd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot (Asia-Pacific Region) took place successfully from 12 to 15 March 2025. This year, 24 teams of law students from across the Asia-Pacific …
19-03-2025 Gaza (ICRC) – Over the last 36 hours in Gaza, staff at the Red Cross Field Hospital have been working relentlessly to provide life-saving treatment to a high number of patients, many of …
19-03-2025 Nairobi (ICRC) – The humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries has been deteriorating rapidly following the recent surge of the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization working to safeguard the lives and dignity of people suffering from the …
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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.
