Abstract According to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, States have to include the study of those texts within their programmes of military and civil instruction. What role do universities play in …
The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977 each have a definition of what constitutes grave breaches. GC 1 Art. 50. Grave breaches to which the preceding Article relates shall be …
The Impact of the Electricity Crisis on The Humanitarian & Living Conditions in the Gaza Strip - Survey - Nov 2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) November 2020 The Impact of the …
Men make war; women live with the consequences. At least that is the way it is largely perceived. Women live and react to those consequences, but they are hardly passive victims. They grieve, they …
Cyber warfare, autonomous weapons and the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas are among the topics for the third Conference of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law of …
03-04-2024 Bogotá (ICRC) – As a result of Colombia’s eight ongoing armed conflicts, in 2023 thousands of civilians went missing, were displaced, suffered sexual violence, or were wounded by explosive …
30-07-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza shows that 80% of Gaza’s population live much of their lives in the dark, with only 10-12 hours of …
Senior military officers from 57 countries will meet in Xi’an, China next week for a workshop on the international rules governing military operations, jointly hosted by the ICRC and the People's …
Nigeria's armed conflict has displaced 2 million people and left 7 million in need of humanitarian aid in the four north-eastern states (Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe). Violent communal clashes in …
In its capacity as a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated on 29.01 the transfer of a Saudi detainee from Sana’a to Riyadh. The next day on 30.01, …
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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.
