17-09-2016 Kiev / Lugansk (ICRC) – Today six detainees held in connection with the conflict in Ukraine were released with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and …
15-09-2016 Jerusalem – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the deteriorating health of three Palestinian detainees, who are hospitalized in Israel. Mohammad Balbul, …
13-09-2016 Quito (ICRC) – Senior law enforcement officials from 13 Latin American countries are meeting today in Ecuador to address the challenges that arise in enforcing the law while upholding …
13-09-2016 Kabul / ICRC - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns the violent incident that took place at the Mirwais regional hospital in Kandahar yesterday in which two people …
07-09-2016 The Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appealing for millions of dollars of extra funding for 2016, to deal with the humanitarian consequences …
06-09-2016 Photographic exhibition and talks in Baixo Suíça show sport as an ally in the physical rehabilitation programme run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Rio de …
05-09-2016 Pretoria (ICRC) – The ability of African forensics professionals to help communities affected by disasters, armed conflict or violence to know the fate of their loved ones has improved …
02-09-2016 Belgrade (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working with the families of the missing ever since the conflicts broke out in the former Yugoslavia and the …
31-08-2016 Cairo (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The leaders …
31-08-2016 Beirut (ICRC) – A conference on the fate of thousands of people who have been missing since the Lebanese civil war took place today. The event, organized by the International Committee of …
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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.
