Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs This document has been prepared by the partners of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) who are involved in providing humanitarian …
Signature of the AP to the GCs of 12 August 1949 / LEBLANC, GÉRARD On 8 June 2017, the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 will turn 40. To mark this anniversary, the ICRC will …
In the coming days, Palestinians will mark half a century of life under the world’s longest-sustained military occupation in modern history. Over this period, the effects of the policies of …
From 18-24 April 2017 the ICRC convened professionals and policy makers in the humanitarian sector from across the world, for the 21st ICRC Course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for …
Experts from 21 countries deliberated upon operational aspects of the law of naval warfare and current issues relating to humanitarian action at sea during a regional workshop in Kuala Lumpur. …
Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Prize No recipient has been awarded the Peace Prize as many times as the ICRC. In 1901, the first ever Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Dunant, founder of the Red …
War is back in cities ... civilians are in the middle of it all once again. Antony Beevor, historian The wars decimating the ancient cities of Mosul, Taiz, and Aleppo have contributed to the greatest …
Urban wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen are amongst the deadliest conflicts of our time. People’s homes, their doorsteps, their streets, their schools and their hospitals are all part of the battlefield …
The fourth Asia-Pacific Correctional Managers' Conference (APCM) was held from 16 to 18 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Attended by 28 correctional managers from across the region, the conference was …
Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades. These weapons have killed or injured tens of thousands of civilians in war-affected countries. In May 2008, more than 100 States adopted …
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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.
