The document contains guidelines for authors interested in writing a book review for the International Review of the Red Cross. International Review of the Red Cross Book Review Guidelines The …
In conjunction with the launch of the "People on War" survey, ICRC co-organised a seminar on "Generating Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Today's World" with the Institute of Strategic …
It has been two years since photographer Nadia Shira Cohen met two young orphans reunited by the ICRC with their grandmother in Rwanda. Last August, she went back to see how their lives had changed. …
Why are your headquarters in Geneva? What was to become the International Committee of the Red Cross met for the first time in February 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among the five members was a local …
The ICRC provides a number of digital tools for teaching and learning international humanitarian law. The digital tools range from treaty and customary law databases, academic and reference …
The catalogue presents a comprehensive list of publications and films available in Arabic. Each entry is in Arabic and English and gives the publication or film's reference number and website link. …
In Barangay Togoron, Monreal in Masbate, workers construct a river wall to prevent flash floods and erosion from damaging houses. Photo by ICRC/J. Angolluan The cash-for-work program aimed at …
The ICRC's 30th anniversary of work in Myanmar was marked in 2016. While activities and areas of operations have changed over this time, our commitment to the people of Myanmar, and especially to …
09-01-2017 At the invitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jess Markt, a wheelchair basketball coach for people with disabilities is coming from the United States, and will …
When we went to the streets to ask about the rules of war, we realised that you don't have to be an expert to know that even wars have …
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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.
