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The UN General Assembly must focus on the most vulnerable people caught in conflict

… will remain a threat to regional and international stability and security." ICRC is an independent, frontline humanitarian organization and works to prevent … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. In …

Article

Neutral and impartial Red Cross work in Venezuela

… Working together to strengthen humanitarian response An idea born in … for the most vulnerable people. Thus, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … form the basis of international humanitarian law, or the law of war, which seeks to limit …

Article

Bruges Colloquium 2017: The Additional Protocols at 40

… jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of their …

Law and policy topic

How does law protect in war? (Serbo-Croatian)

… materials on contemporary practice in international humanitarian law. A selection of nearly three hundred case …

Publication

Arms Transfer Decisions: Applying International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law Criteria ‒ a Practical Guide

… transfer decisions subject to respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law. …

Law and policy topic

Failure to manage arms trade responsibly is putting a dirt cheap price on the lives of civilians

… to flow despite repeated violations of international humanitarian law. Public services have been bombed, the …

News release

Failure to manage arms trade responsibly is putting a dirt cheap price on the lives of civilians

… poorly regulated and widely available, the humanitarian consequences are grim: violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, restricted medical …

Statement

In Israel and the occupied territories, a crisis of hope pervades

… settlements are a key factor in most of the humanitarian challenges the ICRC deals with on … of Israel to bring the principles of international humanitarian law back to the table in addressing the legal …

Law and policy topic

South Africa: Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law

… by the Republic of South Africa and the International Committee of the Red Cross on … 17th Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law State representatives from 17 African …

Statement

Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel

… but also to promote and broadcast the international humanitarian law. We organize different activities, …

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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.

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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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.