Winters in Afghanistan can be harsh, but few Afghan places of detention can afford proper heating. Every year, the ICRC provides blankets, warm clothing and hygiene items such as toothbrushes, soap …
Recurring armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is leaving thousands of people destitute by depriving them of many of the resources necessary for survival. By means of agricultural …
Fan, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria, 30 October 2014. A livestock specialist from the Plateau State Ministry of Agriculture vaccinates a cow. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / N. …
Whether in Syria, Central African Republic, or Papua New Guinea, sexual violence continues to be a devastating feature of war and conflict. Despite its prevalence, sexual violence remains in the …
Two Eritrean teenagers, their young lives in ruins, have been reunited with their mother in France following efforts by the ICRC in cooperation with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, the French Red …
Cayes civilian prison, 2012. ICRC delegates have unimpeded access to all detainees, with whom they can meet privately in their cell. The ICRC has been regularly visiting detention centres across the …
09-01-2015 Families living in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale are due to be reunited with their children today after months or even years apart. The 147 boys and five …
Teams from nine public and private institutions battled it out over two days at the 11th International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition, hosted by the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law and …
11-01-2015 Baghdad/Erbil/Geneva (ICRC) – At the end of a six-day visit to Iraq, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vowed to scale up assistance to displaced people …
Winters are harsh in Lebanon, especially for those who were forced to flee their homes and live as refugees in the country. With basic shelter and rudimentary facilities, winter takes a toll on them. …
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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.
