The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has recognized an Ethiopian law student for winning an essay competition on the topic of international humanitarian law (IHL). Rahel Alemayehu, …
Seminar on the Kampala Convention, jointly organized by IGAD and the ICRC in Nairobi The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held …
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, said the late Nelson Mandela. It is with this premise in mind that the ICRC Global Affairs team in Jakarta has been …
15-10-2017 Mogadishu/Nairobi – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) mourn the loss of life of four SRCS volunteers killed amongst many others …
General Information From October 16 to 21, 2017, Mexico will host the 11th edition of the Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations (SWIRMO). The event, organized by the …
Fact Sheet For the past ten years the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has conducted the Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations (SWIRMO). In 2017 the …
Facts and figures for January to September 2017 The ICRC's Physical Rehabilitation Program in South Sudan provides services for persons with physical disabilities to restore their mobility and help …
United Nations, General Assembly, 72nd session, Sixth Committee, item 85 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, October 2017. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the …
P. Krzysiek / ICRC To mark the World Mental Health Day and in honour of the victims of the current humanitarian crisis in Syria and its neighbouring countries, the ICRC will chair a panel discussion …
More than 55,000 Burundian refugees call Mahama camp home. The main camp located in the eastern province of Rwanda accommodates people who fled the political unrest in Burundi, which began in April …
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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.
