The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria is appealing to all sides fighting in Aleppo to do their utmost to protect the civilian population. Since the escalation in violence …
Twenty-first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2016, The Hague, Netherlands. Statement by the ICRC. We strongly condemn any use of chemical weapons, …
Universal meeting of National Committees and similar bodies on international humanitarian law. Speech given by Ms Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC. On behalf of the International …
Alaa Habeeb, ICRC physiotherapist, talks with Haj (a respectful way of addressing elders) Ahmed about his prosthesis. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Mohamed Nureldin This man is learning to walk in his new …
South Sudan has one of the largest cattle populations in the world. Communities and individuals' livelihoods depend daily on their cattle for survival. Decades of armed conflict continue to undermine …
29-11-2016 Yangon/Myitkyina (ICRC) – The first physical rehabilitation centre in the northern part of Myanmar officially opens its doors today in Myitkyina, Kachin State, following an investment of …
The 16th annual All Africa International Humanitarian Law Competition took place in Arusha, Tanzania from 12-19 November 2016. This year's competition had a total of eleven teams from nine African …
On 5 and 6 October 2016, Rwanda held its first ever IHL moot court competition. The event brought together law school students and faculty who worked in partnership with the ICRC and the Rwanda Red …
The ICRC is asking for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.6 billion dollars/1.5 billion Euros) to cover the cost of its field operations in 2017. Our largest operations in terms of budget are: Syria (178 …
ICRC president Peter Maurer has made his first official visit to Ireland. Landing in Dublin, Mr Maurer said he was looking forward to strengthening ties with Ireland, a long-standing supporter 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.
