29-03-2021 Joint statement from the Presidents of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society (SARC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and …
29-03-2021 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, called on the international community to come together to find a “new approach” and long-term solutions as he …
24-03-2021 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has today launched a new plan that aims to tackle “deep and pervasive” inequities in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
24-03-2021 The organization presented its report on the humanitarian actions and challenges in Mexico and Central America, which helped benefit over 200,000 people directly and thousands more …
18-03-2021 Joint Statement from the ICRC, the government of Argentina and the government of the United Kingdom. Geneva (ICRC) – Representatives from Argentina and the United Kingdom today signed an …
10-03-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – As the crisis in Syria moves into its second decade, a survey commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross highlights the heavy price paid by young Syrians. …
09-03-2021 The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross believes that the pandemic poses an additional challenge to populations that have been impacted by violence and …
09-03-2021 Bangui – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sent an aid convoy from Cameroon to the Central African Republic (CAR) with 135 tonnes of food – enough to feed almost …
06-03-2021 Today, under the umbrella of the Tripartite Commission nine human remains including a Saudi citizen, among the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia missing persons list, gone missing during the …
05-03-2021 Ouagadougou (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed that acts of armed violence in Burkina Faso continue to target civilians, the sick, health-care workers …
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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.
