Five years since the revolution in Libya the bullets are still flying. The situation is getting worse as fighting intensifies, pushing people out of their homes. The following are portraits of four …
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the United Nations Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland. War equals destruction. Destruction of the enemy, of …
This new leaflet is designed to help members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement address misuse of the emblem. It explains the purpose of the emblems and why it is important to …
Conflict photographer reflects on recent visit to Iraq In February 2015, Spanish-American photojournalist Moises Saman joined our team in Iraq and traveled through Anbar and Salahaddin provinces. …
This pocket-sized booklet adopts a simple pictorial format and aims to raise awareness as to the duties, responsibilities and powers of police and security officials in their daily law-enforcement …
Shafiq wanted to study in Europe. He has now disappeared, like thousands of other Afghan migrants on the Balkan route. Imagine how it must feel when your 15-year-old son calls you from Iran and asks …
In central Mindanao and in the Sulu archipelago, fighting between government security forces and armed opposition groups led to temporary displacement of thousands of civilians. Meanwhile, sporadic …
Companies operating in areas affected by armed conflict and violence face multiple security and human rights challenges. The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the …
The fact that prison might act as a "school of crime" is not a new idea. It has taken a fresh turn in the wake of recent terror attacks, where the perpetrators' experience in prison was believed to …
In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, hundreds of people are killed or displaced due to tribal conflict each year. Ongoing violence has caused people to flee their homes and seen entire villages …
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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.
