Twentieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 30 November – 4 December 2015, The Hague, Netherlands. Statement by the ICRC. The ICRC first wishes to …
Three athletes from Viet Nam prepare for the 2015 Asean Para Games and test their new high-tech prostheses. These prostheses are more durable and lighter than conventional ones and allow them to run …
02-12-2015 Manila (ICRC) – Access to clean water, sanitation and overall health and living conditions have improved for 1,800 inmates affected by the fire that struck Leyte Regional Prison two months …
Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) - Gunmen abducted two ICRC staff members on their way to work this morning in the capital, Sanaa. One of them was released unharmed a few hours later. The second colleague is a …
Health-care workers should be provided with tools, equipment and support that can ensure both their physical and mental well-being. It is essential to keep this in mind when developing strategies for …
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) recently incorporated HCiD recommendations into their military training manual with the help of the ICRC. The manual now includes an entire chapter on HCiD, setting …
A humanitarian worker caught up in the conflict in Mali, a religious leader in the occupied Palestinian territory, a doctor in Côte d'Ivoire, and many others striving to protect health-care services …
Three new HCiD publications bring together important steps non-State armed groups, governments, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery …
This publication is a compilation of all recommendations and best practices relating to the proper handling of the remains of those who die in direct or indirect relation to an armed conflict or …
The Missing: the right to know is a short video (4 min. 30 sec.) which is ideal for opening meetings and discussions, providing a concise overview, through a series of testimonials, of the problem of …
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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.
