Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention - Livestreamed event The Second Geneva Convention and the role of the ICRC , speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC On 4 May 2017, …
What is acceptable and what is prohibited in armed conflict? The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of international humanitarian law and provide a framework setting out the answers …
Jerusalem - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls upon the Israeli authorities to shoulder their full responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with regard to …
On the occasion of the remembrances marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War, the ICRC is launching its new online e-briefing which looks at the evolution of warfare from the eighteenth …
by Dominik Stillhart, Director of Operations, ICRC We are on the brink of a humanitarian mega-crisis unprecedented in recent history. The spectre of famine looms large over parts of Africa and the …
"I see peace is too far away," Johana replies when asked about her life after the Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. "There was no calm or ceasefire for us. We …
Article by Juan Pedro Schaerer, head of the ICRC delegation for Mexico, Central America and Cuba, published in the newspapers El País and Excélsior . I recently met a Mexican mother who had lost all …
In 2014, the ICRC started assisting refugees flowing out of the East of Ukraine into Russia due to the ongoing conflict . Many of those displaced had left behind their homes to start from scratch in …
Since the onset of the conflict in Syria in 2011, hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge in Jordan. Throughout 2016, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jordan …
The International Review of the Red Cross is pleased to announce the online launch of its new edition on "War in cities". This edition examines the scope and nature of armed conflicts in urban …
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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.
