31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today launched an ad-style video which illustrates the terrifying human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions and …
28-10-2016 Nairobi (ICRC) - Following heavy clashes that erupted between armed forces of Galmudug and Puntland in Galkayo town, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red …
21-10-2016 Pretoria (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has completed a two day official visit to South Africa. During his visit Mr Maurer met with …
17-10-2016 Abuja (ICRC) – Wrapping up a four-day visit to Nigeria, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, met today with Nigerian President Muhammedu …
14-10-2016 Harare (ICRC) – Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) and Midlands State University (MSU) will compete for the opportunity to represent Zimbabwe at the top African competition for law students …
14-10-2016 Niamey / Geneva (ICRC): The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, completed today a two-day mission to Niger. With life-saving aid not reaching …
14-10-2016 Beijing (ICRC) – An exhibition on "Humanity in War" organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Red Cross Society of China, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, in …
13-10-2016 Beijing (ICRC) - A two-day roundtable to discuss the implementation of the law in peace operations opens today in Shanghai, China. Co-organized by the International Committee of the Red …
08-10-2016 Geneva/Sana'a- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) abhors the killing today of dozens of civilians in the Yemeni capital Sana'a - the result of several attacks on a wake …
05-10-2016 Athens (ICRC) – In an effort to address the humanitarian challenge of identifying dead migrants, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Hellenic Police's Forensic …
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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.
