The ICRC and the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) jointly organised a panel discussion on 4 October 2017 in New Delhi with the objective to provide an understanding of the use of new …
Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 4–8 …
Aldin Karavdić was tending a herd of goats close to his family's home when he stepped on a landmine. The 16-year-old suffered severe injuries, especially to his right leg – luckily, doctors were able …
The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) and the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in New Delhi will be co-hosting an International Conference on …
According to the DPRK authorities, Explosive remnants from the 1950 to 53 war on the Korean peninsula have caused more than 16,215 victims since the end of the war. Records from 5,024 accidents …
The May 2017 Astana Memorandum, which created the de-escalation zones in Syria, included the improvement of the humanitarian situation as one of its main goals. In an effort to better understand how …
"It has been 24 years of sheer hell for my family. The first few years after he went missing, we did not know if my father was alive or dead. Once we heard about his death, we did not know where he …
Statutory Meetings of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement 2017. Statement by the ICRC President, Peter Maurer Welcome to the Statutory Meetings of the International Red Cross and Red …
General Debate on the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees, and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. United Nations General …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has reached out to over 40,000 people in Rakhine since violence broke out there on 25 August. Despite the challenges, help has reached not only …
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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.
