Geneva (ICRC) - As major powers gather in Vienna for fresh talks to try to end the conflict in Syria , the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on states to intensify efforts to …
As the number of migrants who lose their lives trying to reach Europe continues to rise, experts say work to identify and manage the bodies of the dead is falling far behind and call for an urgent …
Between 2012 and 2015, the ICRC undertook a major consultation process on how to strengthen legal protection for victims of armed conflict. This involves two tracks of work, one regarding detention …
How would you feel if your children had been missing for over a year? In this short video, a family is tearfully rejoined with their two young sons who disappeared in July 2014. After more than a …
32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 December 2015. Document prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross This is the fourth report …
Statement by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross Secretary General, Ladies and gentlemen, I came back just this morning from Mogadishu, Somalia. I could have come back …
The Gulf of Aden has long been one of the world's deadliest places for migrants. Now the conflict in Yemen has reversed traditional migration patterns and created new humanitarian challenges. Amina …
On 22 October, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy organized a conference to discuss the efforts made to prevent violations of the law in armed conflict. The event was part of the programme of the 2015 …
Jerusalem/Geneva (ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross urges the Israeli government to immediately halt plans for the punitive destruction of six private homes in the West Bank. The …
United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Sixth Committee, item 86 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, October 2015. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
