Speech given by Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, at the launch of the " Ethical Principles of Health Care in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Emergencies ." Dear colleagues, Dear friends, The …
South Sudan's violence, civilian upheavals must stop. Daniel Littlejohn-Carrillo arrived in South Sudan to begin his work with the ICRC shortly before the latest violence broke out around Leer in …
Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of force on the battlefield could increasingly be taken by machines operating without human intervention. A recent event in …
Srebrenica 1995 - 2015 I wish Finally To lay down in the grave The missing grave Next to my child The missing child To warm up his hands. …
Informal Meeting on strengthening compliance with International Humanitarian Law Friday, 13 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland Guidance Document International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a set of rules …
On 30 June, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) signed the ' Geneva Call 's' Deed of Commitment for the Protection of Children, which aims to reduce the effects of armed conflict …
Displacement, insecurity, flooding and a host of other issues have negatively impacted the ability of many South Sudanese to grow or otherwise access staple foods. This is compounded by renewed …
Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society In 2015, seventy years after the …
Interview with Peter Maurer and Tadateru Konoe Thursday, 6 August 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This historic occasion provides an opportunity to reflect …
Families of missing persons recently gathered in the central park of Armavir to plant ash trees in memory of their loved ones – 41 people from Armavir Region who went missing in the early 1990s, …
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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.
