21-05-2015 Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) – On his first official visit to Nigeria, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer has called on the international community …
19-05-2015 Kuwait (ICRC) – The third International Forum for Humanitarian Action is meeting today in Doha to discuss how to make humanitarian work safer and more effective given the current …
19-05-2015 Manila (ICRC) – A new solar water-heating system, which was installed in Davao City Jail's kitchen with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was inaugurated …
18-05-2015 Geneva/Juba (ICRC) – The ICRC fears that tens of thousands of civilians forced to flee new outbreaks of fighting in South Sudan will suffer from a lack of food and health care while on the …
11-05-2015 Amman (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross has launched an Arabic version of its Restoring Family Links website www.familylinks.icrc.org , to make it easier for people in …
11-05-2015 Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said an enormous effort is needed to cope with a dramatic increase in the number of people forced to flee …
09-05-2015 Geneva/Juba (ICRC) - The ICRC is extremely concerned for the wellbeing of tens of thousands of people who have reportedly fled fierce clashes in South Sudan's Unity State in recent days. …
07-05-2015 Abuja/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross have delivered aid to a group of 275 people, mainly women and children, who had been …
04-05-2015 Joint statement - Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC/MSF) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are extremely concerned about the severe damage caused …
03-05-2015 As the Syrian crisis enters its fifth year, the hardships endured by millions of people in Syria and neighbouring countries continue to grow. According to recent figures, the number of …
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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.
