Roughly 510 km from Kabul, Badakhshan's provincial capital Faizabad sits high at an altitude of 1,200 m above sea level. The mountainous province of Badakhshan is home to around 1.5 million people …
Statement by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Brussels V Conference: Supporting the future of Syria and the region 30 March 2021, via video Excellencies, …
30-03-2021 Today, under the auspices of the Tripartite Commission, the remains of an Iraqi soldier gone missing during the 1990-1991 Gulf War were handed over from the State of Kuwait to the Republic …
29-03-2021 Joint statement from the Presidents of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society (SARC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and …
29-03-2021 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, called on the international community to come together to find a “new approach” and long-term solutions as he …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by increasing numbers of fatalities and people injured or detained in a context of continuing violence and growing humanitarian …
THE ICRC IN FORTALEZA IN BRIEF FACILITATING RESPONSES TO THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF ARMED VIOLENCE THE ICRC IN BRAZIL The ICRC’s Regional Delegation for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and …
The newly-renovated 130-bed hospital belonging to the Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) was commissioned recently by the President of the Jordanian Senate, HE Faisal Al Fayez. President of the JRCS, …
As part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative, the ICRC seeks to foster partnerships with key stakeholders involved in preventing and addressing violence against health care. In line with …
24-03-2021 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has today launched a new plan that aims to tackle “deep and pervasive” inequities in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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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.
