22-08-2021 Cairo (ICRC / ERC) – The Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS), in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has started distributing 335 tons of food aid, 19 …
17-08-2021 The ICRC is relieved to see Kabul avoid what could have been devastating urban warfare, but we remain mindful of the thousands of civilians wounded and displaced in recent fighting in …
16-08-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun a second phase of forensic work to identify Argentine soldiers buried on the Falklands Islands (Malvinas). The …
16-08-2021 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The ICRC detention team participated in a conference organised by PNG Correctional Services (CS), this week 16 – 20 August in Port Moresby. The conference brought …
09-08-2021 Operational Update As fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region and other areas in the north of the country forces more people to flee their homes, Ethiopian refugees in the camps in south-east …
30-07-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza shows that 80% of Gaza’s population live much of their lives in the dark, with only 10-12 hours of …
21-07-2021 Document makes recommendations to authorities and Brazilian society Brasília (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) releases on Tuesday (6) the report "Still? This is …
21-07-2021 Afghanistan is among the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian, and where women and children make up nearly half of all civilian casualties. In addition to the increased violence …
18-07-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has started visiting members of the Ethiopian armed forces in the Tigray region earlier this week. “Visiting people in …
15-07-2021 Commercial activity in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is hampered by the ongoing crisis that began with fighting nine months ago. Over the last two weeks, since commercial traffic ground to …
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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.
