Fighting has intensified recently in and around Donetsk, resulting in civilian casualties and preventing the ICRC team in Donetsk from carrying out its humanitarian work. "We once again call on all …
What is the ICRC's position on terrorism? The ICRC strongly condemns acts of violence that are indiscriminate and spread terror among the civilian population. It has done so on many occasions. …
Extract from ICRC publication "International humanitarian law: answers to your questions" WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW? Human rights law is a set of international rules, established by …
Extract from ICRC publication "International h umanitarian law: answers to your questions" Refugees are people who have crossed an international frontier and are at risk, or have been victims, of …
Extract from ICRC publication " International humanitarian law: answers to your questions " Jus ad bellum refers to the conditions under which States may resort to war or to the use of armed force in …
Extract from ICRC publication "International humanitarian law: answers to your questions" Contemporary IHL came into being with the original Geneva Convention of 1864. It has evolved in stages, to …
Families of missing persons are finally able to renovate their run-down homes, thanks to loans from the ICRC and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia. Seventy families have already taken advantage …
The figures for 2014 speak volumes about the plight of Syrians and the consequent demands placed on humanitarian organizations like the ICRC. With no end to the current crisis in sight, the extreme …
Just back from Syria, the ICRC's former head of delegation in Damascus Boris Michel describes the growing needs of the population. Four years of conflict have taken their toll on essential …
As well as bringing suffering to people in Nigeria, violence in the north-east of the country is having an unprecedented impact in neighbouring countries. "The deteriorating situation in north-east …
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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.
