The importance of protecting cultural heritage in times of conflict has been highlighted by broadcaster and historian Dan Snow, during a visit to Timbuktu with the ICRC. The British presenter visited …
The Sala de Parto festival (part of the Teatro La Plaza theatre company) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Peru join forces to demonstrate that when we act in solidarity we …
Geneva (ICRC) – The family members of 23 people, who were unaccounted for in connection with the armed conflicts of 1990s and August 2008, were informed that their loved ones were positively …
The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot for Asia Pacific region, co-organized by the international Committee of the Red Cross and the Hong Kong Red Cross, concluded in Hong Kong. …
In 2018, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jordan continued to support vulnerable host communities and Syrian refugees alike, by providing assistance and strengthening their …
Riyadh/Kuwait City (ICRC) – A group of 29 diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majlis Al-Shura, National Human Rights Commission and other governmental entities are attending a course on …
An update from the ICRC on the conditions of migrants in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Venezuelans migrating into neighbouring countries often walk thousands of kilometers in search of …
Delivered by Robert Mardini, Permanent observer to the UN and head of delegation, ICRC NYC Today, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2462. In this resolution, Council members upheld …
Humanitarian challenges in 2019 Christoph Harnisch Head of the ICRC delegation in Colombia The humanitarian situation in Colombia is becoming increasingly complex as a result of the …
Have you observed the difference between the right and left sides of this picture? On the left side, the land is green while the right is a wasteland. Though it is the same land with the same fertile …
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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.
