10-02-2016 As the humanitarian situation deteriorates in northern Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it is increasing the amount of aid for people caught up in the …
In 2015, tens of thousands of people had to contend with the repercussions of the armed conflict raging in and around the Diffa region. Fighting and attacks resulting in many casualties sent …
As the conflict in Syria shows no sign of abating, many refugees are going through their fifth consecutive winter in Lebanon. For many who live in inadequate conditions, winter is adding to their …
10-02-2016 ICRC – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has chaired the ninth meeting of the coordination mechanism for clarifying the fate and whereabouts of people who have been …
There was a problem with the brakes. It was 5 a.m. and I wanted to stop for morning prayers but my colleague wanted to continue. Ten minutes later, fate intervened. Road traffic victim Al Taher Al …
09-02-2016 Monrovia (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated 480 copies of a new training manual on the law of armed conflict (LoAC), also known as international …
The ambassador of Japan, Mr Masahiko Kiya, paid a visit to the Juba Military Hospital last month where he saw patients with gunshot wounds and met with members of an International Committee of the …
09-02-2016 Port Moresby– The government of Papua New Guinea has signed an agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that will enable the humanitarian organisation to …
The ICRC has been present in Lebanon since 1967 and has carried out its humanitarian work through periods of conflict, including 1975-1990 civil war. Currently it is responding to the rapidly growing …
Beirut (ICRC) –- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut and the Lebanese Ministry of Health today signed a memorandum of understanding …
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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.
