The Florence Nightingale Medal is awarded to nurses who display exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster or to those who display exemplary service in the …
More than 80 senior military officers from more than 62 countries have convened in Nairobi at a high-level workshop on the laws of war and their application in military operations. The Senior …
Neil Davison, Senior Scientific and Policy Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. This years' Beijing Xiangshan Forum comes at an important time for regional and …
During the first six months of 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conducted 102 awareness sessions in Rakhine State, reaching out to 3,000 people and providing them with …
The University of Dhaka won the Bangladesh national rounds of the 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) held in Dhaka from 5–7 October 2023. The …
Imagine for a moment that every time you leave home – to go to school or work or the doctor – you are unsure whether you can arrive safely. You have to be on constant alert and can never really …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the International Law Centre of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, hosted a panel discussion based on the Oscar-winning film, …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided emergency assistance to over 1,500 displaced families who are currently living in Myaning Gyi Ngu, Ohn Taw, Khamamaung town and their …
Since 1999, the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the annual rendez-vous of IHL experts and practitioners in Belgium. Jointly organized by the ICRC and the College of …
Final report of the ICRC’s Global Advisory Board on Digital Threats During Armed Conflicts Between 2021-2023, the ICRC convened a Global Advisory Board on Digital Threats During Armed Conflicts 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.
