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 …
Ten years after its signature by the Council of the European Union (EU), the EU Member States, the European Parliament and the European Commission, the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid remains …
11-10-2017 ICRC, IFRC, and UNOCHA release a brief guide for humanitarians. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies …
11-10-2017 Kinshasa (ICRC) - Violence and repeated armed clashes in several provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are causing alarming levels of human suffering. The International …
Reading and writing poetry is a real source of motivation for people deprived of their liberty. Virgen de Fátima women's prison in Lima was one of the venues of the city's Fourth International Poetry …
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's second largest country, rich in mineral wealth. However, it is also one of the world's poorest – having been conflict-ridden for most of the last 20 …
The 2017 Council of Delegates will take place from 10 to 11 November 2017 in Turkey. It will gather 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, the ICRC and the International Federation of Red …
United Nations General Assembly, 72nd session, First Committee, General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items. Statement by the ICRC. This year has seen extraordinary …
Islamabad (ICRC) – A nationwide public awareness campaign entitled PehlayZindagi: Give Way to Ambulances – Give Way to Life has been launched at a ceremony in Islamabad. The campaign draws attention …
09-10-2017 Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) – After a series of attacks on its staff, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has taken the decision to reduce its presence in Afghanistan. "Since …
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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.
