01-03-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appointed two new members, Edouard Bugnion and Katja Gentinetta. Mr Bugnion has been a professor in …
01-03-2018 For the ICRC, the most critical humanitarian challenge currently facing the country is finding the people who have disappeared as a result of the armed conflict and violence. Bogotá (ICRC) …
05-03-2018 PORT MORESBY (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided medical supplies to Mendi Provincial hospital following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the …
05-03-2018 After multiple attempts in recent weeks to gain humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta, the ICRC finally reached the town of Douma earlier today as part of a joint aid convoy with the …
07-03-2018 Beijing (ICRC) – Law students from 18 countries across the Asia-Pacific region are testing their knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) at the 16th Red Cross regional IHL moot …
07-03-2018 Geneva (ICRC) - On Wednesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) unveiled “Enter the room” – an augmented reality experience for iOS app users. In a narrative told through …
08-03-2018 Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) – Observations on Iraq's new recovery phase from Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who visited Iraq between 6 and 8 …
14-03-2018 Damascus/Geneva (ICRC): In the event that humanitarian evacuations from Eastern Ghouta, Afrin, or any other area in Syria take place, the below standards and rules offer guidance to …
14-03-2018 Belgrade (ICRC/Croatian Red Cross): Over 65 million people have been forced to flee their homes globally due to armed conflict or natural disasters, often separated from their family …
16-03-2018 Muscat (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a four day course on war surgery in partnership with the Omani Ministry of Health. Over 50 Omani surgeons 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.
