08-03-2023 Beijing (ICRC) ----The 21st Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot for Asia-Pacific Region opens today in Hong Kong, China. The four-day event is jointly organized by Regional …
After more than a decade of conflict, thousands of families are missing loved ones across northeast Nigeria. Many have never given up hope. Now, some are seeking to help others. "A missing person is …
Statement given by Tilman Rodenhauser, ICRC’s legal advisor, at the Fourth substantive meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications …
Thousands of people fled the northern districts of Cabo Delgado, in Mozambique, and they came looking for safety and livelihoods opportunities in areas such as where attacks have taken place since …
09-03-2023 Doha, 09 March 2023 – Today in Doha, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric and the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of …
Darien, Panama (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMELCF) and the Municipality of Pinogana participated …
Beijing (ICRC)----On March 11, 2023, the 21st Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition for the Asia-Pacific Region concluded in Hong Kong, China. After four days of …
Designed by a group of Gaza-based law students, developers and innovators, the first version of the IHL Virtual Academy interactive mobile application is now available in Arabic to users on the …
During armed conflict, the rules of humanity apply even to the treatment of the enemy. These rules are set out in international humanitarian law and summarized in this pocket card for non-state armed …
13-03-2023 The armed conflict in North Kivu province between the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Congolese army (FARDC) has intensified, with devastating consequences for civilians. The fighting, …
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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.
