The Montreux Document is the result of an international process launched by the Government of Switzerland and the ICRC. It is an intergovernmental document intended to promote respect for …
This booklet contains the text of the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction" adopted on 18 September 1997 by …
This handbook is the result of lessons learned by the ICRC from implementing microeconomic initiatives (MEIs) in various countries. An MEI is an income-generating programme that takes a bottom-up …
This poster is meant for all healthcare staff and is to be displayed in healthcare settings. It visually compiles helpful attitudes, reactions, and behaviors health-care staff should observe to …
As humanitarians explore new technologies and innovation, how do they make sure these developments empower the people who need them most? A pilot project in two informal settlements in Kenya and …
This booklet contains the proceedings of an event co-organized by the ICRC and the World Jewish Congress to mark 70 years since the end of the Shoah. The discussion provided an occasion to share …
Invisible scars: the Movement is doing more to help victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The difference data makes: How data can save lives, improve health and bring aid more efficiently. …
Statement to High-Level Panel on "Improving Humanitarian Effectiveness Through New Technologies and Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges" United Nations Economic and Social Council – Humanitarian …
Matters of principle. The Fundamental Principles turn 50 years old this year. What better time to examine the challenges faced in putting these key guiding principles into action? In this story, a …
Covered head-to-toe in protective clothing, volunteers on the front lines of the fight against the Ebola virus disease represent the best hope for those suffering from this lethal disease. Also in …
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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.
