19-06-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross met on Monday with 70 families from Ukraine whose loved ones are missing or held captive in relation to the international armed …
04-06-2024 Goma (ICRC) – On 30 May 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) suspended food aid to displaced people living between Kanyabayonga and Burangiza, and in Bulindi, which …
29-05-2024 Kuwait City, Kuwait - On May 27, 2024, the Embassy of Canada, in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), hosted an event entitled "Keeping Humanity Alive" …
26-05-2024 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – The unilateral release of 113 detainees took place in Sana’a today. The release was supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) following a …
24-05-2024 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2730, which serves as a clear reminder of the absolute necessity and …
17-05-2024 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 14 May 2024. Under the agreement the …
16-05-2024 Geneva/Kyiv (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians living along the Ukraine-Russia border in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine have had to flee their homes the last few days due to the …
14-05-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and 12 Red Cross National Societies (or their branch) are combining efforts to open a field hospital in Rafah, Gaza, to …
11-05-2024 Beijing (ICRC) – The Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, concluded a 3-day visit to China on May 9, 2024. In his first visit …
07-05-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned in February that a significant Israeli military operation in Rafah would pose a disastrous risk to the civilian …
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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.
