Skip to main content
Search results
Nigeria: Maiduguri entrepreneur brings affordable hygiene to women
When Zainab Lawan Dalorima asked displaced people in Dalori camp what help they need, they mentioned food, shelters, buckets, and praying mats. Many of them had been forced to abandon their homes …
Call to governments: Work together to stop cyber attacks on health care
On Tuesday, Peter Maurer added his name to a list of more than 40 international leaders calling on the world's governments to take immediate and decisive action to prevent and stop cyber attacks that …
The use of weapons and equipment in law enforcement operations
States often face situations in which their officials may have to use force to maintain or restore public security, law and order. In all such situations, law enforcement officials must ensure that …
Online community for national committees and similar entities on IHL
About the Online Community for national committees and similar entities on IHL This is the only community enabling direct online exchanges among national committees and similar entities on …
Limits on Autonomy in Weapon Systems
There is wide recognition that the need to preserve human control over weapon systems and the use of force in armed conflict will require limits on autonomous weapon systems. This report from the …
"Leaving Colombia got harder each time I did it."
An ICRC delegate from County Kildare, Ireland, reflects on her three missions in the South American country. Audrey Purcell O'Dwyer recently took up a new role with the ICRC in Geneva, as an …
Myanmar: Helping detainees reach home safely
To some, home means everything. To us, how they get there is just as important. Nearly 25,000 detainees, out of almost 100,000 in Myanmar, were recently released following this year's Presidential …
Ambulance and Pre-Hospital Services in Risk Situations
This report sets out ways to make pre-hospital care and ambulance services operating in areas of armed violence safer. Written by the Norwegian Red Cross with support from the ICRC and the Mexican …
Summary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their Additional Protocols
This is not an abridged commentary on the Conventions and their Additional Protocols, but a summary of their main provisions, with references to the relevant articles. For all categories of …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.