Experts from governments and Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies of the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Kuala Lumpur from 25–27 March for a regional conference on the Arms Trade Treaty and …
Three unrelated women recently joined hands in support of fighting-affected families in Putao, in the far north of Myanmar's Kachin state. The way these women from the Red Cross Movement lent support …
The ICRC is helping promote international humanitarian law (IHL) among the Malian armed forces, international forces operating in the country and other arms bearers. General Mahamane Touré is Chief …
"Please, pray for me so I can recover soon. I have just started my final exam." These were the only words Hafiza Shikder Kuntala could whisper lying on her bed at the Burns Unit of Dhaka Medical …
Rape and other forms of sexual violence cause physical and psychological harm to their victims (women, girls, men and boys) and have a direct impact on their families and communities. Rape and other …
I met Fatuma and her six kids at their makeshift hut in a camp for displaced families in Beletweyne, a town in central Somalia. With no income and very basic support from humanitarian organizations, …
Women are absolutely pivotal in giving hope and ensuring that their families continue to cope in the most challenging situations. > Feature stories, photos and video testimonies: Syrian women …
Over one million people have fled to Lebanon since the start of the crisis in Syria four years ago. Today they are living with relatives or host families, or sheltering in camps. One recent morning, …
Conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 5,000 lives and destroyed many more. According to UN figures, the confrontation has now displaced more than a million people. The town of Debaltsevo, …
The present document has been developed as a practical tool to support State authorities, with consideration for their national specificities, in developing effective domestic legal frameworks, …
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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.
