The Foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now accepting applications for the 13th Paul Reuter Prize for international humanitarian law. The Paul Reuter Prize of …
Across Africa, a humanitarian crisis unfolds. Spiraling conflicts, a changing climate, and restrictive government policies cast a long shadow on millions in need. A joint policy brief, a product of …
Promoting social inclusion through sports: The ICRC has been actively engaged since 2013 in promoting the social inclusion of people with physical disabilities through sports. These efforts aim to …
Maria lost a leg when her house was hit by an earthquake in Wakhan, Badakhshan, in early 2023. She travelled more than 200 km to our physical rehabilitation centre in Faizabad to be fitted with a …
People in northeast Nigeria have lived through conflict for more than a decade. That hasn’t stopped Nigerians who live with disability from confronting the additional challenges they face head on. …
Legislation for common-law States on the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have …
Alhaji Bukar Ali hadn’t seen his family in close to a decade due to armed conflict. Then, a team of Red Cross volunteers in Cameroon and Nigeria helped not just to find his relatives but to reunite …
05-01-2024 Caracas (ICRC) – From 1 January 2024, the ICRC's regional delegation for Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Trinidad and Tobago is also covering the ICRC's activities in Cuba, the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan organized the 15th Henry Dunant Moot Court competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) in Islamabad in September. The National …
Distribution of fishing kits Mocímboa da Praia is one of the hardest-hit towns, facing a humanitarian crisis due to the destruction of infrastructure, lack of basic services and the scarcity 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.
