In today’s armed conflicts, cyber operations are increasingly used in support of and alongside kinetic operations. Several States have publicly acknowledged such use, and many more are developing …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with Journal al-Jamiah of State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta and the International Institute of Advanced …
Missing persons: The Right to know Many people go missing during conflict or war causing anguish and uncertainty for their families and friends. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, families of …
On June 1st to 4th, 2021, the Second Conference of Global Health Forum (GHF) of Boao Forum for Asia was held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier delivered a …
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, visited Myanmar to meet with Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on 3 June 2021. …
I visited Gaza yesterday, and the south of Israel today. The trauma in this region grows after each new round of hostilities. People remain wary of what's to come. What people shared with me is a …
Renewed hostilities between Gaza and Israel broke out in May and lasted for 11 days. The ICRC has stepped up its activities to meet the resulting humanitarian needs of people affected by the recent …
A sunset over the vast sand dunes surrounding Ghadames, where the sandy desert meets the rocky feet of the mountains to constitute the borderlines between Libya, Algeria and Tunisia. Ghadames, known …
On June 1st, 2021, the Second Conference of Global Health Forum (GHF) of Boao Forum for Asia opened in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier is expected to deliver …
Inabelbel is a village in the Gourma-Rharous circle, in the Timbuktu region. In this desert town of around 2,400 inhabitants, drinking water had become a luxury. The harsh climatic conditions and 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.
