22-11-2018 Beijing (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) exchanged insights for the …
20-11-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Should a weapon system be able to make its own “decision” about who to kill? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) believes that the answer is no, and today …
14-11-2018 A statement from Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the ICRC, on the situation in Yemen. Geneva (ICRC) - A political solution for Yemen is urgently …
08-11-2018 Yemen/Geneva – As Hodeida sees a dramatic escalation in the fighting around the city, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on warring parties to protect civilians and …
06-11-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – In Quechua, suyay means “to wait”. It has been 18 years since the end of the armed conflict in Peru, but 20,000 families are still waiting for news of their missing loved …
06-11-2018 Organized jointly by the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment and the International Committee of the Red Cross Baghdad (ICRC) – A nationwide public awareness campaign entitled Health …
31-10-2018 Yemen/Geneva (ICRC) - Robust political efforts are needed to bring an end to warfare that has caused intense suffering for families in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross …
29-10-2018 Beirut – Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg paid visit to Rafik Hariri University Hospital this week on a humanitarian visit to learn from the experience of RHUH, ICRC and …
26-10-2018 Belgrade/Pristina (ICRC) – Close to 20 years have passed since the armed conflict in Kosovo but as many as 1,647 families are still waiting for answers about their loved ones who are …
22-10-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – The sound of gunfire approaches. You don’t know if your family should run or hide. Making the right choice can mean life or death. A new immersive virtual reality movie …
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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.
