Losing a foot to an explosive device could have shattered the dreams of Holmes, a young man from Caquetá department in southern Colombia. But today he’s studying at university and making a go of his …
On April 10th 2014, the American Society of Internaitonal Law and the International Law Association organized a joint Conference in Washington DC on autonomous weaponry and armed conflict. The panel …
This video tells the story of a woman who was a victim of sexual violence in Nariño department, one of the regions of Colombia where the armed conflict has taken its heaviest toll. In 2013, the ICRC …
Picture an empty chair in the middle of a room, in the house of a missing person's family. Picture a child standing in front of the chair, imagining their missing parent, brother or other relative is …
Sarita Colonia Prison, Callao district, Lima. A cell designed to hold four people can end up housing 15 inmates. Prisoners who cannot find room in the cell have to sleep on mattresses in the …
Content: Who we are Promotion of international law applicable to the protection of persons Political authorities Multilateral organizations Academia Promotion and integration of international law …
Factsheet on how to punish war crimes . In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: war crimes and the 1949 Geneva Conventions; grave breaches must be punished; violations of …
The ICRC works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence. As Head of the ICRC Delegation to Armenia, one of the issues that Sarah Epprecht addresses is …
The first panel of the Research and Debate Cycle on new technologies and the modern battlespace addresses the various ethical, legal, scientific, and military issues that new technologies raise for …
25th session, Human Rights Council The International Committee of the Red Cross would like to offer some insight into the lessons learned and the continuing challenges in preventing and responding 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.
