13-05-2016 Juba (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has distributed more than 370 tonnes of seed right across South Sudan, with nearly 32,000 South Sudanese families receiving seed …
23-05-2016 Istanbul – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement today welcomed the signing of the "Grand Bargain" at the World Humanitarian Summit as an important contribution to …
23-05-2016 All sides must do their utmost to protect and spare the civilians of Fallujah. Baghdad (ICRC) - Fierce fighting is underway around the Iraqi city of Fallujah, raising serious concerns …
06-06-2016 Nairobi (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is distributing food and other items including the Quran during Ramadan to more than 5,000 detainees throughout Somalia. "The …
06-06-2016 N'Djamena (ICRC) – Some 5,300 families in the areas of Liwa and Baga Sola will receive seed, farming equipment and essential household items as part of the International Committee of the …
09-06-2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says over 9 million people are in urgent need of aid in the Lake Chad region of Africa. More than 2.4 million people have fled their …
10-06-2016 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani civilian – a woman who had crossed the international border into Armenia on 7 June – was repatriated today under the auspices of the …
10-06-2016 Kiev (ICRC) – Escalating fighting in populated areas along the front line is putting the lives of many civilians in serious danger, while civilian infrastructure providing essential …
14-06-2016 Nairobi (ICRC) - Flooding in Beletweyne, Somalia has displaced tens of thousands of people who are now in need of food and safe drinking water. The International Committee of the Red Cross …
18-06-2016 Juba (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today evacuated by air 17 people from the town of Raja following violent clashes there that left dozens of casualties. The …
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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.
