The big family gathers in a small living room along with relatives, all huddled together on sofas and rows of chairs, some trying to squeeze in through the doors to cast a quick glance. They look …
It is with great sadness that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that one of its staff died on August 23 following injuries sustained the day before during an attack in …
People go missing in Africa during armed conflicts, other situations of violence, disasters and in the context of migration. In addition to missing persons themselves, their families bear the brunt …
Like any adolescent, José Gregorio has a head full of dreams, but growing up in the crowded neighbourhood of El Cementerio, in the Santa Rosalía Parish of southern Caracas, he knows his chances of …
For the past 11 years, armed conflict in north-east Nigeria has left thousands of people maimed. In a region with limited health facilities with roughly half of its facilities closed or destroyed , …
The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have developed significantly in the more than sixty years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first …
22-08-2021 Cairo (ICRC / ERC) – The Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS), in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has started distributing 335 tons of food aid, 19 …
Dili, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste is currently facing a surge of COVID-19 cases in different districts. In supporting the government's effort to fight COVID-19, the International Committee of the Red …
During the recent unrest in parts of South Africa, dozens of medical facilities were destroyed, pharmacies looted, and countless vaccines and other critical medicines were stolen. As a consequence of …
It is the middle of a bad season in northern Mali, an area facing a devastating humanitarian crisis compounded by climate change and conflict. During seasons like this, herders used to travel with …
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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.
