40th Anniversary of the Additional Protocols: Setting the Scene 34th Annual Seminar for Diplomats Accredited to the UN, New York, Statement by Philip Spoerri, Permanent observer of the ICRC to the …
The peace agreement signed between the government and the FARC-EP has brought no respite for people living in the region of Catatumbo, Norte de Santander, in north-eastern Colombia . Far from a …
Inside an isolated straw hut on a dried-up riverbed, Abdullahi Mohamud sits with three of his youngest children. Despair covers his face. There is no food left in the house. "The ones you see here …
In a speech to UK fundraisers the director general of the ICRC has detailed his vision of the vital work the Red Cross Movement will be required to carry out globally over the next decade. "In many …
Sexual violence is a widely under-reported phenomenon. Victims are reluctant to come forward to report incidents, talk about their experiences and seek help. This is because of the lack of a safe and …
The stench of blood and burned human flesh is etched in my memory. Snapshots of adults and children with horrifying injuries are omnipresent in my dreams. I am a war surgeon. For more than twenty …
Our activities in Egypt in 2016 ranged between cooperating with the Egyptian Red Cresent, assisting those affected by situations of violence within Egypt and in the region and promoting joint …
13-03-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – After four days of competition, Bond University, from Australia, was proclaimed the winner of the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot in Hong Kong, followed …
Tbilisi, Georgia, September 2016 Families wait in the hall at the NFB for the information session with forensic specialists. The Georgian Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees, along …
10-03-2017 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has concluded a five-day visit to Ukraine. With hundreds of thousands of people living in towns and …
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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.
