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 …
Located at the far northern end of Sumatra, the Indonesian province of Aceh is a region steeped in Islamic tradition and home to a number of prestigious Islamic universities and institutions. Over a …
17-09-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the civilian casualties that resulted from an apparent shelling on residential areas in Shab Al Doubba and Souk …
New York (ICRC) – On arrival to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, ICRC President Peter Maurer said: "This General Assembly meets at a critical moment, when the world is faced with …
Achievements and Challenges The ICRC Brussels delegation and the College of Europe have jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of …
Working together to strengthen humanitarian response An idea born in Switzerland over 150 years ago today brings more than 17 million people worldwide together for a single, powerful cause: to help …
Conflict and armed clashes across the DRC have forced more than 3 million people to flee their homes. Becoming separated from their families is an especially traumatic experience for children. …
Neutral, impartial independent humanitarian action - otherwise known as NIIHA – is a key approach that allows the ICRC to help conflict-affected communities in some of the most extreme environments …
Cases, documents and teaching materials on contemporary practice in international humanitarian law. A selection of nearly three hundred case studies provides university professors, practitioners and …
States have committed to making their arms transfer decisions subject to respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law. Steps must now be taken to ensure that …
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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.
