States often face situations in which their officials may have to use force to maintain or restore public security, law and order. In all such situations, law enforcement officials must ensure that …
In normal times, the National Authority for Prosthetics and Orthotics (NAPO)’s Rehabilitation Centre in Khartoum is a bustling place, crowded with people of all ages and different physical …
Statement to UN Security Council Open debate: Protection of civilians in armed conflict Secretary-General Guterres' report card on the state of protection highlights the enormous violations and the …
The ICRC is assisting six physical rehabilitation centres (PRCs) in four regions to manufacture 3,000 face shields locally in support of the fight against the coronavirus in Ethiopia. At the request …
On Tuesday, Peter Maurer added his name to a list of more than 40 international leaders calling on the world's governments to take immediate and decisive action to prevent and stop cyber attacks that …
27-05-2020 Warfare must be put on hold to help already fragile health systems and communities cope with the pandemic Joint appeal by Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; …
26-05-2020 Jakarta (ICRC) – Ramping up its response to COVID-19, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in coordination with the Directorate General of Prisons of the Ministry of Law …
“The clashes are a big issue. On many occasions, the bombardment was close. Everything starts to shake around us, so we had to close [the clinic] and run out of fear. The conflict is intensifying …
Statement to UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting: Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and Capacity Building As delivered by Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer to the United Nations and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Sudan has adapted its ongoing humanitarian activities for communities affected by conflict and violence to limit the spread of COVID-19. …
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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.
