Investigations into alleged violations of international humanitarian law by the parties to an armed conflict are not only crucial to securing respect for IHL , but also to preventing future …
In November 2018, a West African International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Plan of Action was validated by experts from 14 countries in the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS]. This …
In 2016, life changed for 28-year-old farmer Amilodin from Butig town in Lanao del Sur province, southern Philippines, and he has been struggling to make ends meet while raising his two young …
These kids in South Sudan understand the worst of the conflict: nightmares, anxiety, loneliness, pain, loss, anger and hopelessness. What does a child know about war? In South Sudan, they know the …
Space is precious in the dormitories on Komkova Street in Kherson. The identical buildings facing each other have for some decades been home to families of those working at shipbuilding yards. Since …
The ICRC regional delegation to Indonesia and Timor Leste further strengthened its well- established collaborations with religious circles through the fifth annual certificate course on International …
“Every time the doorbell rings, I think it’s him, my father.” This is how Elnara Elekberova remembers her father who has been missing for 27 years now. Her mother, Shalala Mammadova, says that as a …
Remarks to UN General Assembly High-Level Side Event on "Counter-terrorism Frameworks and Sanctions Regimes: Safeguarding Humanitarian Space" As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer First, we …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal organised the 2nd South Asian Expert Exchange on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with …
Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes southern African states’ collective commitment to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by signing and fully …
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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.
