19-10-2017 Belgrade (ICRC) – In the first visit to Serbia by high-level officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since 2001, ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord voiced …
The Commission of the African Union (AU) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convened the joint seminar on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at the AU Headquarters in Addis …
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Wednesday, 18 October 2017. Statement by the ICRC President, Peter Maurer . Migration and internal displacement are among the most pressing topics on the …
Hundreds of thousands have fled the violence in Rakhine, Myanmar. Majority have crossed the border into Bangladesh. CC BY-NC-ND /Sheikh Mehedi Morshed/ICRC The lives of those affected by this tragic …
A child from Deir Al-Balah refugee camp in Gaza, is fishing despite his young age. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Ayesh Haroun Palestinian children light candles during a power outage as Gaza suffers from …
Caption: Chocó Department. An ICRC employee speaks to members of the ELN armed group about international humanitarian law and the obligation to protect the lives of the civilian population. How can …
17-10-2017 Bougainville (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is supporting volunteers from the PNG Red Cross Society (PNGRCS) to attend a week-long First Aid training of …
Biniyam was only 5 when armed men abducted him from a traditional gold mining site in Gambella, Ethiopia and taken to war-torn South Sudan. His mother tried to stop the kidnapping but was shot by the …
Mogadishu/Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) have been responding to urgent needs following Saturday's explosion in …
16-10-2017 The remains of 25 people who went missing in connection with the 1992–93 armed conflict in Abkhazia were handed over to their families today. This was done within the framework of the …
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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.
