31-05-2017 Khartoum (ICRC) – On 11 May, the Ministry of Interior and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a memorandum of understanding to support the Ministry in training …
29-05-2017 The ICRC is holding a one-day course, on the management of human remains during large-scale emergencies, in Dushanbe today. The course will draw more than twenty participants: officials …
26-05-2017 Thousands of people continue to flee the fighting in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province, southern Philippines, seeking safety in neighboring areas such as Iligan City. Many families are …
24-05-2017 Kiev (ICRC) – Three years after the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine , several thousand people are still missing . Although the exact number is not known, what is clear is that …
19-05-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – An international conference opens today in Beijing to mark the 40th Anniversary of the adoption of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. This Conference …
18-05-2017 Baidoa, Somalia (ICRC) – The nutritional feeding centre for malnourished children supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Baidoa, Somalia has more than twice as many …
16-05-2017 Myanmar (ICRC) - Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), carried out his second official visit to Myanmar from 9 to 12 May. Mr. Maurer met with the …
16-05-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – The suffering of thousands of families who have had no contact with relatives detained in relation to the conflict in Yemen must end, the International Committee of …
12-05-2017 Geneva/Dhaka – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Bangladesh's prison directorate are hosting the fourth Asia-Pacific Correctional Managers Conference in Dhaka from 16 …
12-05-2017 Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – On the invitation of the government of the People's Republic of China, ICRC President Peter Maurer is starting tomorrow a three-day visit to China, to attend the …
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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.
