08-07-2024 Cotabato City - A handbook on international humanitarian law (IHL), or the rules of war, was presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to members of the Bangsamoro …
On July 4, Snowy Lintern, delegate to the Armed Forces of the ICRC's Regional Relegation for East Asia, was invited to attend the second Joint Logistic Forum Medical Service Summit held by the …
04-07-2024 Mexico City (ICRC) – In a world where millions of people are suffering from the devastating consequences of armed conflict , representatives from 16 countries in Latin America and the …
Launch of training video on multidisciplinary forensic human identification examination in mortuaries The need for this training video arises from the lack of accurate statistics on the number of …
03-07-2024 Abuja (ICRC) – The surgical team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supported the State Specialist Hospital of Maiduguri in performing lifesaving surgeries and in …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized its annual International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Summer Session on July 1-5 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China, in partnership with the …
Building a culture of IHL compliance in Commonwealth Nations and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions A platform for sharing best practices on IHL. From 15–19 April, 2024, …
Date: 3 - 5 July 2024 | Time: 08:30 - 17:00 Venue: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya Registration deadline 15 May 2024 Event by invitation only Theme: Making the difference: African solutions to …
Every year thousands of migrants go missing or lose their lives while migrating, including along the US–-Mexico border. This causes immense anguish for their families as they do not know what …
1864 Adoption of the 1st Geneva Convention. Image 1904 The Qing government joined the 1st Geneva Convention of 1864. On November 21, China ratified the 1899 Hague Convention III for the Adaptation to …
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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.
