United Nations, General Assembly, 69th session, Third Committee, item 27 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 17 October 2014. As a group, women are not inherently vulnerable in times of …
United Nations, General Assembly, 69th session, Third Committee, item 64 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 17 October 2014. The ICRC would first like to take this opportunity to welcome …
Tensions have been running high since 7 October in the capital Bangui, spilling over into violent clashes. Jean-François Sangsue, head of the ICRC delegation in Bangui, gives us an update on the …
The families of people who went missing in connection with the conflict in Nepal from 1996 to 2006 cling to shreds of hope. They want to believe that their missing relatives will return one day. By …
The remote villages of Marcelo and Buhisan are located in different areas of the Philippines. Marcelo is in Negros Occidental province, central Philippines, while Buhisan lies in the province of …
16-10-2014 Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Palestine Red Crescent Society, today delivered …
15-10-2014 Colombo (ICRC) – On 16 October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will mark the 25th anniversary of its humanitarian activities in Sri Lanka. "During the past quarter …
15-10-2014 Brussels (ICRC) – Which are the applicable legal norms for detention in international and non-international armed conflict? What are the challenges linked to the detention or transfer …
On the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), we take a look at how food shortages are being reduced in Somalia by supporting smallholder farmers. Family farms are crucial to overcoming hunger and …
Pierre Reichel worked for the ICRC in Nagorny Karabakh during 1994 and 1995. He recently talked about his experiences May 1996. The ICRC takes part in the transfer of detainees, in its capacity 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.
