Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal
Since they were adopted, the red cross and red crescent emblems have provided protection to millions of war victims but they have also given rise to repeated difficulties and virtually continuous …
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Economic Security
The ICRC's work to promote economic security is intended to ensure that households and communities can cover their unavoidable expenditures and maintain or restore sustainable livelihoods. This …
Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
This fully revised fourth edition of "Constraints on the Waging of War" considers the development of the principal rules of international humanitarian law from their origins to the present day. It …
The Missing
This brochure outlines the various situations that can lead to people becoming unaccounted for. It points to the international law standards intended to prevent such disappearances and recommends …
Teaching, Debating, Researching International Humanitarian Law, Action and Policy in Universities
How can professors, lecturers, researchers and students foster respect for and implementation of international humanitarian law? How can they promote and enhance neutral, independent and impartial …
Rules of International Humanitarian Law and Other Rules Relating to the Conduct of Hostilities
This publication has been updated and slightly restructured and now includes a number of treaties that have been adopted since its last update in 1996. This volume is a collection of treaties …
The Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (flyer)
Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality: these seven Fundamental Principles sum up the Movement’s ethics and are at the core of its approach to …
The Story of an Idea: A Comic by Moebius
The story of an idea is an exciting publication that brings to life the story of the birth of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and its history. This comic strip was created by the renowned artist …
Fighting by the rules
This informative film examines the development of the law of armed conflict and considers its relationship with the whole history of war in the 20th Century. Drawing on a wealth of historical facts …
Women Facing War
This ICRC study is an extensive reference document on the impact of armed conflict on the lives of women. Taking as its premise the needs of women, e.g. physical safety, access to health care, food …
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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.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.