12-12-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross has completed a four-day visit to Ukraine, during which she traveled to Odesa, Mykolaiv, the Kherson region and …
09-12-2022 New York (ICRC) - Today is an important day in the history of humanitarian action. The Security Council adopted a legally binding resolution on Friday that protects humanitarian activities …
08-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC) — More prisoners of war held by Russia and Ukraine have been visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in recent weeks, allowing delegates to check on …
05-12-2022 Today, Monday, December 5th 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the results of the essay competition in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for Jordanian …
02-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC)—As the winter freeze sets in and attacks on infrastructure leave people without heat or electricity, civilians face an increased risk of being injured or killed by landmines …
01-12-2022 Tripoli (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the affirmation by the Ministry of Local Government that local authorities and entities can work with the …
25-11-2022 The Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the International Committee of the Red Cross jointly hosted the 21st Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation of …
24-11-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – As winter sets in across Afghanistan and as the economic crisis worsens, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seeing a spike in cases of child pneumonia …
23-11-2022 Bali, Indonesia — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) are hosting the Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military …
19-11-2022 Manila (ICRC) – As the Philippines and other countries around the world endorse a new political declaration calling for greater protection against explosive weapons in populated areas, the …
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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.
