The intensifying violence in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic , and elsewhere in the country is cause for grave concern. The ICRC's head of delegation in Bangui describes in words and …
In June 2012, the first ICRC-sponsored women's wheelchair basketball team was established in Battambang, in northwest Cambodia. Since then, this initiative has had a life-changing impact on the lives …
12-11-2015 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Armenian civilian was repatriated today in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The woman had …
Group work on case studies from "How does law protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to sexual violence, such as criminal repression © ICRC / T. …
11-11-2015 On 11-12 November 2015, 24 African States gathered to discuss the Montreux Document on pertinent international legal obligations and good practices for States related to operations of …
As water cuts in Aleppo reach an all-time high, the ICRC and its local partner organizations are asking for help in publicizing a GPS-enabled map that gives users the ability to pinpoint themselves …
10-11-2015 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appalled by the continuing attacks on health care facilities in Yemen, the latest of which took place in the city …
On 18 October the government of Colombia and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) announced that they would be taking a wide range of measures to find missing people. The aim is to provide …
The continuous fighting and constant insecurity in Syria have affected all aspects of daily life, with millions of displaced and vulnerable people across the country depending on aid deliveries, and …
09-11-2015 Bujumbura / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned by the humanitarian consequences of the violence in Burundi. It calls on all parties …
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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.
