07-10-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it would welcome all impartial investigations which could help to determine the facts behind the bombing of a …
05-10-2015 Juba, 5 October 2015 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been forced to withdraw all its staff from a humanitarian compound in Leer County, Unity State after it was …
03-10-2015 Kabul/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply shocked by the bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz, and strongly condemns such violence against …
02-10-2015 Kiev (ICRC) – Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a round-table discussion with representatives of Ukrainian government institutions on the recovery, …
02-10-2015 As the fighting continues in the city of Kunduz, the International Committee of the Red Cross is increasingly concerned about the welfare of civilians in the city and the lack of medical …
02-10-2015 Manila (ICRC) – Over 30 surgeons, anaesthesiologists and physicians from private and government hospitals are participating in a three-day training course to enhance their capacity to …
29-09-2015 Bangui / Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), …
23-09-2015 Kiev/Donetsk (ICRC) – A new round of aid distributions is being carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on both sides of the front line and will continue until …
22-09-2015 Ouagadougou – Following the recent events in Ouagadougou, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Burkinabe Red Cross are reminding all those involved of the importance …
18-09-2015 Juba, 18 September 2015 - Since Thursday, the ICRC and South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) emergency action teams have been working tirelessly around the clock to help victims of the fuel truck …
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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.
