As flagrant violations of international humanitarian law regularly occur, Mirjana Spoljaric asserts the relevance of the Geneva Conventions - setting clear limits to violence in war – and urgently …
In 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carried out a wide range of activities, from increasing awareness about weapon contamination to supporting the authorities in clarifying …
As we mark two years since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict, people affected by ongoing hostilities share stories of resilience, despite the profound impact on their lives, …
Remarks by Dusan VUJASANIN, head of the ICRC Central Tracing Agency Bureau for the international armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine at the Palais media briefing in Geneva. Good …
The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978 helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Khartoum, Blue Nile, Kassala, Al Jazeera, and South Kordofan. The ICRC's work, independently or in …
In July 1993, 26-year-old Maia Kapanadze’s life took a sudden turn that left her in limbo for 30 years. Her husband, Badri Shalikashvili went missing from near Kindghi village during the war in …
The United Nations' Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a coordination group for humanitarian agencies, has produced a basic fact-file on legal aspects of aid work during conflicts. Two dozen concise …
This is a short executive summary for the evaluation of the contribution of prevention work to ICRC protection of civilians engagement. The evaluation aimed to assess whether and how the prevention …
26-12-2007 Article, International Law Forum, University of Jerusalem, by Cordula Droege. International human rights law and international humanitarian law are traditionally two distinct branches of …
The ICRC International Humanitarian Law Bibliography lists references to publications in English and French on international humanitarian law. The bibliography is based on books and other material in …
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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.
