20-09-2017 (New York) – In an address to world leaders at a high-level side event of the UN General Assembly, ICRC President Peter Maurer called for an end to impunity for attacks against civilians …
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations General Assembly, 72nd session. Statement by the ICRC President, Peter Maurer The world today needs the promise of this Treaty: the hope …
20-09-2017 New York (ICRC) – The President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, this morning congratulated world leaders for taking a decisive step towards ending one of the greatest threats to humanity by …
Facts and figures for January to June 2017 The armed conflict in north-east Nigeria continues to affect millions of people. More than five million in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states are in dire need …
On 30 August 2017, on the International Day of the Disappeared, the ICRC convened a discussion at the Humanitarium to commemorate the hundreds of thousands of people missing in the world today. We …
While currently known as a relatively stable part of the world, the Pacific is no stranger to the devastating impacts of conflict. In recent decades both the Solomon Islands and the Autonomous Region …
Over 150 books on subjects ranging from literature, self-help and history to geography, technical training and handicrafts make up the "suitcase library" collection – three suitcases full of books …
Rural Damascus, Madaya. A joint ICRC, UN, Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy entering Madaya. Photo: KRZYSIEK, Pawel/ICRC Post your questions on Twitter via #HumanitarianAccess On 18 September …
Since 2010, the ICRC has been conducting humanitarian work regarding missing people and their family members in Georgia. Up to 2,500 people are still unaccounted for due to the armed conflicts in the …
Isolation and dependence makes people deprived of their liberty extremely vulnerable. At the same time, in most countries, prisons are rarely a priority and financial resources allocated to them are …
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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.
