27-03-2019 Beijing (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) and the Geneva Centre for …
22-03-2019 In the wake of the devastating Cyclone Idai , the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deploying additional staff to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to work with the …
22-03-2019 Pretoria (ICRC)—With over one million people affected by the devastating impacts of Cyclone Idai , many families in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi have been separated or lost contact …
20-03-2019 Port Moresby (ICRC) – A "training of trainers" workshop on international human rights law organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for members of the PNG police …
15-03-2019 A three-day international round-table on “Humanitarian mine action, challenges and best practices” was organized in Tehran from 12 to 14 March 2019. Tehran (ICRC) – Experts from national …
07-03-2019 ICRC (Kuwait / Muscat) – The ICRC is running its annual war surgery course in Muscat, to train Omani surgeons and health professionals on the management of war wounded patients. The …
06-03-2019 Abuja (ECOWAS Community Court / ICRC) – Judges and staff of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS attended a two-day training workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) on 6 March …
04-03-2019 Geneva (ICRC) - An update from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the situation in the Al Hol camp for displaced people in north-eastern Syria : “While the …
28-02-2019 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the China Disabled Person's Federation (CDPF) have agreed to further their cooperation in providing quality service to people with …
25-02-2019 Geneva – The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement today pledged to step up action to prevent, end and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in and …
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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.
