The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is closely following information that has been released recently, on the current situation at various prisons in Myanmar. We are deeply concerned …
Each state must make legal advisers available, when necessary, to advise military commanders at the appropriate level on the application of international humanitarian law (IHL). This obligation, …
For decades, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has significantly impacted the livelihood of people living in conflict-affected communities. The year 2020 was especially hard for them – first, due to the …
The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …
On the day Kaory returned to her home country of Honduras, her body was received by her father and siblings. It had been 13 days since her death in Mexico, and 10 years since she fled her homeland to …
There’s an old Yemeni saying that if you truly want to know how people are feeling, you should look into their eyes. The eyes reveal everything. Panic, loss, despair, death, fear – I’ve seen it all …
The families of missing persons often speak of the challenge of living with the ‘not knowing’ what has happened, what the future holds or where to turn for help. Misconceptions also exist about who …
From 26-30 April 2021, online, the Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries took place, under the overarching theme: 'Partnership, persistence and a sense …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ-IBA) are excited to announce that applications for the 2021 Humanitarian Reporting Award are now …
Adherence to the 1980 convention on certain conventional weapons and its protocols. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ 1980 Convention on Certain …
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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.
