23-10-2019 Bangui (ICRC) – Since 1 September, ongoing fighting between armed groups has forced large numbers of people in Birao, in the north-east of the Central African Republic, to flee their …
23-10-2019 Dakar (ICRC) – This year Burkina Faso hits record levels of people forced from their homes by violence while exactly ten years ago member States of the African Union became the first in …
22-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – A nuclear bomb hasn’t been detonated in war in nearly 75 years, but increasing international tensions and 6 million views on a week-old video show how relevant the issue …
OPEN SESSION OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AGAINST USE OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS IN POPULATED AREAS International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Statement Delivered …
ICRC Statement during the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) open session to celebrate UNSC Res 1325 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Statement Delivered by Mr. Valery MBAOH NANA …
Mr. Chairman, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is a real pleasure to be back at the Xiangshan Forum this year and to have the opportunity to address again this distinguished audience. My thanks …
Is this training for you? Are you working with an international or local organization dealing with humanitarian issues on a daily basis? Are you working in a situation of armed conflict and/or …
This year marks 70 years since the four Geneva Conventions were universally adopted by States as a reflection of their shared values and ethics in 1949. On 25 September 2019, the Singapore Red Cross …
Statement to UN General Assembly First Committee: General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items Full statement. Abridged version delivered by Mr. Robert Mardini, Permanent …
Statement to UN General Assembly Sixth Committee Meeting on "the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction" As delivered by Mr. Christopher Harland, Deputy Permanent Observer …
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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.
