As one of the key areas of its work, the ICRC continues to promote respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation with multiple stakeholders, including military and police forces. …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and most of the international community, want to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again and are eliminated entirely. Why is it so …
Juba/Nairobi (ICRC): After weeks of fighting that prevented humanitarian aid from reaching people around Leer, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been granted safe access to …
More armed groups have emerged in the last seven years than in the previous 70. So how do you influence them to respect the rules of war? This was the subject of discussion at the Royal United …
The critical importance of the laws of war and the accountability of States pursuing or supporting military campaigns in urban centres topped the agenda at a parliamentary event held in London this …
The world's first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics (ICHF) was launched on 20 June 2018 in Gujarat, India by the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) in collaboration with the …
Manila (ICRC) – Displaced for more than a year since the start of the five-month conflict in Marawi City, many families in south-eastern parts of Lanao del Sur province continue to struggle due to …
The Advanced IHL Learning Series are addressed to lecturers and trainers who wish to be abreast of the latest developments in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other related areas. The series …
The Roots of Restraint in War is an update of the 2004 Roots of Behaviour in War. You can also find here the Executive Summary of this report. Based on two years of research collaboration between the …
Speech by the ICRC President at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore, 2 June 2018 Relocated families receiving aid in Cox's Bazar. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sheikh Mehedi Morshed I'm pleased to address you …
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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.
