13-10-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – Ahead of its address to the United Nations General Assembly First Committee in New York this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is renewing its call …
The ICRC's Agency archives contain data on individuals that the ICRC and its tracing agencies have collected during conflict, starting in 1870. The data was all collected as part of the ICRC's …
Barrister Okanga is a university lecturer at Niger Delta University in southern Nigeria. A childhood experience during Nigeria's civil war was instrumental in his becoming a teacher of international …
During and after the 10-years armed conflict in Nepal (1996 to 2006), ambiguity about the fate of a relative is a harsh reality for countless persons. Not knowing whether relatives are alive or dead, …
In a renewed appeal to donors, the ICRC is asking for 132 million Swiss francs to cover its 2014 budget of 1.3 billion. This year has seen an unprecedented number of crises, with the …
This short course provides an introduction to the basics of international humanitarian law (IHL) for non-specialized audiences, with learning divided into nine independent modules In case of …
Large segments of the population of the Gaza Strip are still deprived of safe drinking water. Repairs to sewage systems and the restoration of basic electricity services remain urgent. Water and …
ICRC President Maurer’s speech at La Maison de la Paix launched the ICRC’S Second Research and Debate Cycle on Principles Guiding Humanitarian Action. “The principles of humanity, impartiality, …
12-10-2014 Geneva/Tehran/Baghdad (ICRC) – At a high-level meeting that took place in Geneva from 8 to 10 October under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), …
Speech by Robert Mardini, ICRC head of operations for the Near and Middle East. Cairo, 12 October 2014. Honourable representatives of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kingdom of Norway, …
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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.
