Suva, Fiji (ICRC) – Eighteen police officers from the Fiji Police Force attended a pre-deployment briefing session to South Sudan facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in …
Geneva (ICRC) -- The newly appointed ICRC Envoy on Missing Persons in the Caucasus, Mr Daniel Mac Sweeney, the first person to hold such a position at the International Committee of the Red Cross, …
In times of war, it is essential that all parties ensure the continuous supply of a sufficient quantity of potable water, as well as other essential basic supplies to meet the daily needs of the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized a series of basic first-aid training sessions for nearly 100 Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) personnel – the first responders to any …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by increasing numbers of fatalities and people injured or detained in a context of continuing violence and growing humanitarian …
The ICRC estimates that between 60 and 80 million people live under the exclusive control of non-State armed groups, and many more in areas in which non-States armed groups operate. Equitable access …
Tokyo (ICRC) – The United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which has been held every five years since 1995, was organized this year in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 12 March. …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is worried by the recent surge of violence in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. The most recent round of clashes, which started on March …
In the last three years, the Gaza Strip has seen around one accident caused by explosive remnants of war every month. The large number of weapons that have been leftover in the Gaza Strip conflict as …
Showcase your ideas on the protection of civilians against the dangers posed by military cyber operations by entering our essay competition. Essay question Which measures – technical, policy, legal, …
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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.
