Azerbaijan: Trees protect front-line communities against bullets
… humanitarian nature are taking place. The Geneva Conventions regulate who is entitled to use …
Skip to main content
Search results
ICRC mobile surgical teams: Bringing emergency medical care across South Sudan
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL
… to respect and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. … of the Red Cross Red Crescent to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8 to 10 December …
Weapons: ICRC sounds alarm on arms trade
… 24-08-2015 Geneva/Cancun, Mexico - The International … please contact: Francis Markus, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 23 28 or +41 79 244 64 …
Joint statement by the Republic of South Africa and the ICRC on the occasion of the 15th Annual Southern African Regional IHL Seminar
… which brings together all signatories of the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols as …
Philippines: Strengthening protection for victims of armed conflict through legislation
… (ICRC) – Over 60 years after ratifying the Geneva Conventions , the Philippines has achieved … families." The Philippines ratified the four Geneva Conventions in 1952, and later their …
ICRC president pays official visit to China
… Geneva/Beijing (ICRC)– ICRC president Peter … which convinced States to agree on a fourth Geneva Convention in 1949, finally protecting … tel: +86 10 85323290-301 Ewan Watson, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 33 45 Francis Markus, …
Azerbaijan: Summer school on international humanitarian law – resting by learning
… of topics under consideration today in Geneva, New York, Brussels, Moscow, Delhi and …
Ethiopia: Facts and figures January to June 2015
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Volatile environment and humanitarian needs on the rise in Unity and Upper Nile states
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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.