25-11-2024 Speech of Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the ICRC, on the occasion of the 5th Review Conference of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention, Siem Reap, 25 November 2024 Siem …
A little girl's biggest hope For seven-year-old Batoul, there is life “before”, and life “after”. “Before”, she lived in her home in Ouzai, Beirut, where she slept soundly at night, had pretty …
During the first semester of 2024, humanitarian needs in Syria have continued to increase in diversity and scope and reached unprecedented levels, affecting most of the population. This is the result …
When people talk about International Humanitarian Law (IHL), they often focus on countries affected by ongoing conflicts but for the Mauritius National IHL Committee, understanding the law of armed …
Afghanistan is currently regarded among the ten countries most vulnerable to climate change, which is expected to adversely impact its environment, economy and population. According to climate change …
The 18th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (China round) concluded on 24 November in Guilin University of Electronic Technology (GUET), China. Jointly organized by …
22-11-2024 Mayara Paixão and Lalo de Almeida of Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo have won first prize at the sixth ICRC International Humanitarian Coverage Award for their report Darién, a …
The ongoing armed conflict in North Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is affecting communities' ability to meet their basic needs. As fighting restricts access …
The ICRC has returned to Poland in 2022 to contribute to the humanitarian response for people fleeing the international armed conflict in Ukraine. Our main concern is the protection of people …
This guide is intended to advance the clearance of landmines from border areas when there is political will to do so. More specifically, it is meant inform affected states, as well as donor states, …
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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.
