A group of teenage musicians get ready to play their instruments. One of them is playing the trumpet, accompanied by a drummer and choir. With his eyes closed and fingers moving deftly over the …
“The pans on our stove were still hot when we fled from our home in Taghibayli village of Aghdam district. We had hoped to return soon but 28 years have passed since then,” says 40-year-old …
Snow isn’t something we picture when we think of Pacific Island countries, with their stretches of crystal-clear water, warm sand and palm trees. But as ash fell from the sky onto the Marshall …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – working closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – developed the Safer Access Framework (SAF) between 2002 and 2003. The SAF …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will continue working on the ground to support the Afghan people, said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, head of the ICRC's regional delegation in Beijing, in …
Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations Security Council Open Debate, New York 23 September 2021. The International Committee of the Red …
What are biometric data? What uses are there for this type of information? And what risks do we need to remain aware of? To open the seventh DigitHarium month, our Tokyo delegation has invited …
These dolls are just a few centimetres long. You could fit three, five or even ten in the palm of your hand. They are made out of colourful fabrics, paper, twigs and yarn. In some parts of Guatemala, …
Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the high-level segment of the 2nd Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions …
Jakarta, Indonesia - Collaborative work among the authorities, education institutions, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders in order to ensure the continuity and resumption of education …
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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.
