In 2015, a number of countries in the Horn of Africa witnessed a wave of crises. The ongoing unrest in South Sudan brought the number of people who had fled their homes since the conflict started to …
There have to be limits if we are to prevent wars from descending into barbarity. These rules are set out in international humanitarian law. Yes, even wars have limits. We've just released an …
29-03-2016 Manila (ICRC) – The largest mass screening for tuberculosis (TB) in the country is being held for about 5,700 inmates in New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Muntinlupa City, as part of efforts to …
Residents from the municipality of Catubig in Northern Samar listen as an ICRC field staff explains the relief distribution process and how beneficiary communities were selected. CC BY-NC-ND/ICRC/S. …
25-03-2016 Belgrade/Pristina (ICRC) – The working group on persons unaccounted for in connection with events in Kosovo in 1998 and 1999 held its 42nd session in Belgrade today. Officials from …
24-03-2016 Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff distributed aid today to more than 12,000 displaced people surviving in desperate conditions in west Ramadi, …
The ICRC opened its delegation in Eritrea in 1998 and worked throughout the 1998-2000 armed conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and beyond, protecting and assisting people affected by the conflict. …
24-03-2016 PORT MORESBY – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned by the ongoing humanitarian situation in Tari District, Hela Province, where hundreds of people have been …
The ICRC has emphasised the need for compliance with international humanitarian law in evidence before the UK parliament's International Development Committee. ICRC senior policy advisor Markus …
PTP refugee camp, Grand Gedeh, Liberia Before her pick up, Allert’s feelings were a mix of excitement and sadness. Excitement because of returning to her parents and homeland while feeling sad to …
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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.
