1859.6.24 Swiss businessman Henry Dunant takes part in rescue operations at the Battle of Solferino in Italy. ICRC Archives (ARR), V-P-HIST-00056 City of Geneva/ICRC/Boissonnas, V-P-HIST-00021 …
For almost three decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been dedicated to supporting people residing in conflict-affected communities in Azerbaijan. Humanitarian needs come …
19-08-2024 ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric addresses the Tenth Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on World Humanitarian Day Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I …
Humanitarian Techplomacy was born with the fact that the digital transformation has changed the way that wars are fought and what impact they have on civilians. It has also transformed the way …
19-08-2024 Today marks World Humanitarian Day. Last year was the deadliest on record for humanitarian workers globally, and 2024 is set to be worse. The following quote is attributed to ICRC …
Since 1992, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been working in Azerbaijan to help people affected by armed conflict and other violence. In the first half of 2024, we continued our …
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Embassy of Switzerland in China jointly held a diplomatic event in Beijing on Aug. 12 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva …
Speech by Balthasar Staehelin, Personal Envoy of the ICRC President to China and Head of the Regional Delegation for East Asia, at the event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions …
12-08-2024 In a speech at a media briefing on the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric calls for the world to recommit to the framework for armed conflict that …
Speech given at media briefing on the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions The Geneva Conventions are the foundational treaties of international humanitarian law and a remarkable success in …
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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.
