24-06-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday facilitated a second medical evacuation of wounded people that was carried out by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and …
24-06-2021 Jakarta, 24 June 2021 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) emphasised the need for collective adaptability …
23-06-2021 Joint statement of the Tripartite Commission At the 51 st Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting yesterday, held under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it …
21-06-2021 Geneva, 22 June 2021 – The humanitarian sector has a key role to play in addressing the climate and environment crises that affect people’s lives and livelihoods around the world every …
19-06-2021 Besides the vulnerability of those who work in essential services, campaign calls attention to violence, which had no truce and impacts many communities. Brasília (ICRC) – Brazil hit the …
18-06-2021 Photojournalism award The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) awarded its Visa d'Or prize for humanitarian photojournalism to independent French photojournalist Antoine …
17-06-2021 Port Moresby (ICRC) – At least 45 police officers from three police stations in Buka, Arawa and Buin will participate in a police workshop facilitated by the International Committee of the …
15-06-2021 Panama City / Ottawa / Geneva, 15 June 2021 – To respond to the unmet needs of Venezuelan migrants, including refugees, living in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Red Cross Red …
28-05-2021 Fearing another eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), thousands of people are fleeing the city of Goma and its surroundings. The …
27-05-2021 Geneva/Addis-Ababa/Khartoum (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for an additional 28 million Swiss francs ($31.3 million) for its operations in …
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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.
