14-11-2022 "Humanitarian needs in Kherson are already apparent, and we have a team on the way to gauge the magnitude of assistance required, especially urgent medical needs. We know that there are …
The people of Woch Khwara in eastern Khost Province of Afghanistan, comprising of those displaced from different provinces of the country and returnees from neighbouring countries, are in dire …
15-11-2022 Addis Ababa (ICRC) - Two trucks full of vital medical supplies arrived in Mekelle on Tuesday in the first aid delivery since fighting resumed last August and the Pretoria and Nairobi …
Garissa town in arid Northern Kenya, is characterized by harsh, dry conditions, made unbearable for many pastoralists by the prolonged drought. It has not rained in months and the water pans which …
16-11-2022 Sana’a (ICRC) – With three out of four Yemenis relying on agriculture and livestock for their survival, the climate crisis is pushing communities already reeling from almost eight years of …
16-11-2022 A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross composed of medical personnel, water engineers and specialists on risks associated with explosive ordnance and mines delivered aid …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg announced …
The second episode of "The Humanitarian Podcast" explores the degree of compatibility between Islamic principles and the modern principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) , offering insights …
When conflict, displacement and disasters become a fact of life in communities, education becomes a dreamer's trance for the youth in those communities. With no means of sustaining their livelihoods …
"How does international humanitarian law (IHL) develop?" is a question, seemingly simple, loaded with even more questions within it, touching upon the history of IHL, its current status and future …
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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.
