23-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Nearly 70 metric tons of humanitarian supplies crossed the Lachin road on Saturday 23 September on an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy. The …
22-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Nine people wounded in the recent hostilities were evacuated by a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday. Though a cease-fire was declared …
19-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC)–Following today’s escalation of hostilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned about the humanitarian impact on civilians in the …
18-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) — As a result of persistent diplomatic efforts to find a humanitarian consensus between the decision-makers, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday is …
15-09-2023 Ndjamena/Khartoum (ICRC) – Thirty children were released by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Friday in an operation facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). …
15-09-2023 Ensuring dignity of dead bodies and emotional closure for surviving family is essential ICRC/IFRC/WHO - Joint news release Geneva – Amid devastating loss of life due to disasters and …
12-09-2023 WAD MADANI (ICRC)- Together with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched this week a community kitchen in Al Fashir, North …
11-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today presented measures designed to maximize the effectiveness of its humanitarian assistance in line with its initial …
08-09-2023 Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), concluded a four-day visit to China on Thursday. President Spoljaric met with …
07-09-2023 Juba, South Sudan (ICRC) – Following a half-day contesting, Starford International University College won the championship of the 5th South Sudan International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot …
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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.
