13-04-2018 Bangui/Geneva (ICRC) – The trauma unit at a major hospital in the Central African Republic is filled to capacity after an outbreak of fighting in the capital, where ambulances transporting …
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, statement of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with, when and …
The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who proposed – at the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross – the creation of an international fund to promote relief …
As many as 21 volunteers of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) converged in the small town of Beaufort, Sabah, roughly 90 km from the capital city of Kota Kinabalu. For three days, they …
It has been 36 years since the armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom began as a result of the dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Over this period, the ICRC has undertaken a …
Sounds of bleating goats and sheep, camel bells ringing and running water signals the onset of a busy morning in Qodqod village, located in Galgaduud region. Herders fill their jerry cans with water …
Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
Responding to mental health and psychosocial needs Conflict and violence destroy communities all over the world and can have a devastating impact on the mental health of millions of people. One of …
The ICRC Mt Hagen team make their way to Hela Province to repair broken water systems at Koroba District Hospital and Fugwe Health Centre. The earthquake destroyed vital infrastructure as seen along …
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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.
