30-01-2023 Statement from Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the ICRC, following a visit to the Horn of Africa. My first visit to the Horn of Africa as the president of the International Committee …
26-01-2023 Jerusalem (ICRC)- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the events this morning in Jenin, which have resulted in several deaths and injuries. “ The …
25-01-2023 Nasiriyah (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inaugurates office in Nasiriyah, to provide further support to affected populations on physical rehabilitation, mine …
18-01-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric is visiting Moscow this week to discuss urgent humanitarian concerns with government officials and the Russian Red Cross. The 2-day visit …
16-01-2023 Mexico City. Five years ago the Missing Persons Act entered into force on the back of unprecedented citizen action in Mexico led by the families of missing people. The regional delegation …
21-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – More than 3,400 people detained in relation with the conflict in Yemen were visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2022, humanitarian action that …
19-12-2022 As the AU marks its 20th anniversary, there are still challenges in adhering to IHL norms and principles regardless of the positive progress in putting in place applicable frameworks. In …
15-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – The family members of 11 people who were missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992–1993 in Abkhazia were informed that their loved ones were positively …
13-12-2022 Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Amid increased high-levels of armed violence in Haiti that is exacerbating the health system’s ability to respond to an outbreak of cholera, the International …
13-12-2022 The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Panama and the Caribbean, together with the Panamanian Red Cross (PRC), the International Federation 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.
