This meeting forms part of the third phase of consultations of the process and will involve discussions with all States and preparations for the 32nd International Conference. The purpose of the …
Lubov Vasilievna fled her home town of Pervomaisk for the safety of Severodonetsk. Now she is part of a Red Cross team distributing bread to others who, like her, have had to leave their homes to …
As 2015 marks the 70th year since the liberation of the Nazi camps in Europe, the ICRC organized, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress, a commemorative event at the Humanitarium on April …
A regional conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and strengthening international humanitarian law (IHL) was held in Kuala Lumpur from 25-27 March. Conference speakers and participants share what …
"I felt bad, I was ashamed." When she was just thirteen, Diana's life was shattered. After the abuse came the most difficult part: stigma and displacement. "It happened thirteen years ago. I lived …
The last meeting in the consultation process facilitated by the ICRC and Switzerland pursuant to Resolution News release : Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international …
A unique situation occurred today when doctors performed two operations at Tripoli's War Traumatology Training Centre (WTTC) run by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Richard Gosselin, a …
The Lake Chad region is suffering a humanitarian crisis. Over a million of people have fled the conflict and are currently living under difficult conditions inside Nigeria. Others have moved to …
For the first time since the Syria crisis began, an ICRC team has visited the districts of Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahem in Rural Damascus where more than 2,500 families have recently fled from …
The violence shows no sign of abating. Libya remains a patchwork of conflict, fuelled by a plethora of armed groups with varying allegiances and diverse agendas. Thousands have been killed; hundreds …
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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.
