Kuala Lumpur – Celebrating 70 years of the momentous Geneva Conventions , this year's edition of the Young Humanitarian Writers' competition calls upon the youth of Malaysia to share their thoughts …
Nearly 40 representatives of the Philippines justice and law-enforcement agencies learned more about international humanitarian law (IHL) and the applicability of domestic IHL legislation in a …
Struggle for a better future: Overcoming crippling unemployment in Gaza and West Bank The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is happy to announce 2019 edition of its photo competition. …
The ICRC head of policy, Dr Hugo Slim, gave a speech at the 5th Singapore Red Cross Humanitarian Conference on the theme of partnerships and volunteerism for humanity on 20 July 2019. It is a very …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presents the exhibition "A falta que você faz" (The Void You Left) from August 30, 2019 to September 29, 2019 at the Dragão do Mar Center for Art …
Facts and figures 2018 The International Committee of the Red Cross established an office in Damaturu, Yobe state in 2014. With a mission to assist victims of armed conflict, the ICRC carries out …
In 2018, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided financial, material, educational and other support to meet people's needs. This included microeconomic and microcredit …
Prof. Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics …
National Red Cross Societies in the EU and Norway, the IFRC, and the ICRC make recommendations to the EU and its Member States The nature of today's humanitarian crisis situations is increasingly …
Joint Statement by the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Committee (TC) Further to the announcement made on 20 June 2019, with regard to the human remains recently found in Al-Muthanna …
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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.
