On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, three African experts remind us of the ancestral traditions of humanity brought to bear during times of conflict. These traditions, which often …
12-08-2024 ICRC President issues a call to make the Geneva Conventions a political priority Geneva (ICRC) – On the 75 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the president of the …
In Ethiopia, pastoralism is widely practiced in the Somali and Afar Regional States, and to a lesser extent in Oromia and other regions of the country. Pastoral lowlands are characterized by …
By Balthasar Staehelin, the personal envoy of the ICRC president to China and head of the Regional Delegation for East Asia Today marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions adopted on …
09-08-2024 The ICRC's touring exhibition Weaving Memory: The Legacy of Those Who Never Stopped Searching highlights the urgent need to continue searching for missing people until what happened to …
08-08-2024 Port Sudan (ICRC) – Two out of three Sudanese civilians no longer have access to essential health services after most of the country's hospitals and health centers were forced to close …
07-08-2024 Manila (ICRC) – On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) highlighted the need for all parties to the …
Georgia (ICRC) – The remains of 16 people missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992-1993 in Abkhazia were recovered, identified and handed over to their families, by the International …
The exhibit is organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Embassy of Switzerland in the Philippines. Admission is free to the exhibit, which will run from August 6 to …
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-hosted in Pretoria, the 22nd Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation …
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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.
