24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it is vital that plans to boost funding for rescue operations aimed at curbing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean …
27-04-2015 The ICRC has launched a new initiative to help thousands of people fleeing the violence in South Sudan. A new web page ( http://familylinks.icrc.org/south-sudan ) has been set up which …
27-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – With more and more of the world's conflicts taking place within countries rather than between them, representatives from more than 100 governments are meeting in Geneva …
27-04-2015 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on governments to take urgent action to scrap all nuclear weapons. The call comes ahead of a crucial UN-hosted conference in …
28-04-2015 Manila (ICRC) – Eight health facilities damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Eastern Samar and Samar provinces have been fully restored and handed over today to local health authorities. As …
28-04-2015 Recent fighting in and around Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, has forced tens of thousands of people to flee to the cities of Baghdad, Habbaniyah and Amiriyat al-Fallujah, leaving …
30-04-2015 The Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Dominik Stillhart, has expressed concern at the growing number of civilian casualties in the ongoing …
30-04-2015 The town of Birao, with 10,000 residents, is suffering from its remote location in the north of the Central African Republic and receives little aid. In addition to experiencing long gaps …
30-04-2015 After a month of airstrikes and fighting, Yemen's health system is struggling to cope and there are severe shortages of essential items especially food and fuel. Import restrictions have …
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.
