10-04-2015 Geneva/Мoscow, 10 April 2015 – The second phase of humanitarian assistance to displaced civilians from eastern Ukraine has started in the Rostov Region. The International Committee of the …
10-04-2015 Sana'a / Geneva (ICRC) – Urgently needed medical supplies were brought into Yemen by plane today by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). They will be distributed to …
09-04-2015 Damascus/Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling for immediate access for humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk Refugee Camp and has expressed alarm at the …
04-04-2015 Sana'a / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen and calls for an immediate humanitarian pause. All air, land …
02-04-2015 In March 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched refresher first-aid sessions for members of different factions in the Palestinian refugee camp in Ein El Helwe, …
31-03-2015 Sana'a/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday called for the urgent removal of obstacles to the delivery to Yemen of vital medical supplies needed to treat …
30-03-2015 Geneva / Bamako (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is profoundly dismayed by the death of one of its staff in Mali. An ICRC aid truck was attacked this morning …
28-03-2015 Geneva / Erbil (ICRC) – A workshop on improving medical services in places of detention brought together over 30 officials and health professionals in Erbil on 29 and 30 March. Run by the …
26-03-2015 The ICRC in Yemen, worried by the recent escalation of violence in the country, expressed concern on Thursday at reports of civilian casualties following air strikes in the capital Sana'a …
25-03-2015 Niamey (ICRC) – An instruction manual on international humanitarian law was officially presented today to Niger's Ministry of National Defence. It was drafted by the country's defence and …
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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.
