On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions (GCs), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland in Iran and the Institute …
17-01-2025 Geneva / Juba (ICRC) – A surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been deployed to Renk in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, to treat an influx of …
16-01-2025 Ciudad de México, 16 de enero de 2025. A siete años de la entrada en vigor de la Ley General en materia de Desaparición Forzada de Personas, Desaparición Cometida por Particulares y del …
15-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, confirmed the ICRC's readiness to help implement the agreement reached by the …
This document outlines 12 points to keep in mind if your country is a party to an international armed …
This note outlines and explains the role of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies during international armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL). While it primarily focuses on …
This note outlines and explains the role of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies during international armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL). While it primarily focuses on …
For many years, prisons in Bangladesh have been working to improve detention conditions, ensure humane treatment and implement changes that have a positive impact on detainees and the society at …
In 2024, Myanmar saw escalating conflict and violence, which exacerbated the already deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the country. Many communities continued to face significant challenges, …
14-01-2025 On 17 December 2024 , in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in Central Asia , the …
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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.
