12-06-2019 Tripoli (ICRC) – The conflict in Tripoli continues with no end in sight over two months after it began. Casualties are steadily mounting in the eastern and southern parts of the city, and …
03-06-2019 Seventeen members of the armed forces of Somaliland and Puntland who were captured in the armed conflict that broke out in May 2018 were released and returned home today with the help of …
29-05-2019 Damascus, Syria : A new field hospital to assist patients wounded in war or suffering from illness will open this week in Al Hol camp to address the massive humanitarian needs after an …
29-05-2019 Khartoum (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), is distributing seeds, tools and food to 138,000 people …
28-05-2019 Beijing (ICRC) – More than 80 emergency response experts and professional first responders from China have gathered in Beijing for the 1st International Seminar on Disaster Health from 27 …
23-05-2019 Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, will play host to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League final from 25 to 29 May 2019. The International Committee of the Red …
19-05-2019 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered a 100,000-euro cash donation to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and allocated another 300,000 euros for the National …
15-05-2019 As days of rain, flood-waters and high winds from Cyclone Kenneth recede, the catastrophic destruction left behind is becoming clearer. Tens of thousands of people are homeless and little …
10-05-2019 Athens (ICRC) – The Hellenic Parliament, supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held a special session for lawmakers and other important groups to discuss …
25-04-2019 Tripoli (ICRC) - The humanitarian situation in and around Tripoli has deteriorated sharply over the past three weeks. More than 30,000 people are said to have fled their homes and are …
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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.
