Over 60 participants from 18 countries gathered in Hiroshima for an annual regional seminar aiming to strengthen knowledge of the law applicable to armed conflicts (also known as International …
ACTIVITY/ DATE/ VENUE/ LEAD AGENCIES Official opening of IHL Month Celebration 2016: 1 August 2016, DND Lobby, DND/ AFP Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of the photo exhibit: 1 August 2016, DND …
The 4th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict took place at Pembroke College, Oxford University on July 20 -21st July. As in previous years, this two-day event brought …
The ICRC and the Libyan Red Crescent Society continued to help the Libyan people affected by conflict in the region. In 2015, we provided aid in the form of food and essential household items such as …
Geneva/Damascus: The creation of humanitarian corridors in Eastern Aleppo, as proposed this morning, must ensure the safety and respect of all civilians, regardless of whether they decide to leave …
Whether it's civilians starving under extreme siege conditions, or doctors and nurses killed by indiscriminate aerial bombardment, the daily news from today's conflict zones paints a devastating …
The years that have passed since the armed conflict in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 have not brought solace to the families of the over 16,000 persons who, according to the ICRC's records, remain missing. …
When cities becomes front lines In an urbanizing world, armed conflict has been urbanizing too. States negotiating the New Urban Agenda must remember the particular needs of the 50 million people …
Resolution and Reference Documents Insufficient respect for IHL may be said to be the principal cause of suffering during armed conflicts. Between 2012 and 2015, the ICRC and Switzerland conducted a …
Detention takes a toll on detainees. Regardless of who is holding them and where they are held, detainees are highly vulnerable, as they depend on their captors for their basic needs. It is not just …
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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.
