Many Syrian refugees living in the camps of northern Iraq face harsh conditions. A mother explains how hard it is to look after children when water is only delivered every six days and there are no …
The latest round-up of activities carried out by the ICRC in Papua New Guinea features an update on our work – providing relief to vulnerable people, promoting and strengthening international …
29-06-2015 Geneva / Bamako (ICRC) – Enduring terrible hardship, often with no means of survival or even shelter: that is the reality for thousands who have fled widespread violence in northern Mali …
The ICRC's customary international humanitarian law database has received a prestigious award from the American Society of International Law. Read more on the ICRC's Intercross …
The World Medical Association (WMA), the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM), the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), …
Statement Speech by ICRC president Peter Maurer, 30 June 2015 The nature of humanitarian work often has me deliver speeches with words of warning and caution, and with descriptions of the …
It is a short strip of land, only 100-150 metres long, running along the edge of a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The place is stunningly peaceful, so quiet that small wild animals come …
On 25 June 2015, the head of the ICRC delegation in Lebanon, Fabrizzio Carboni, met with the Lebanese Interior Minister, Nohad el Machnouk. Coincidentally, the meeting took place on the eve of the …
ICRC President Peter Maurer introduces the launch event. Vincent Bernard, Head of the Law and Policy Forum at ICRC, explaining the public how to ask their questions from the Pigeonhole platform. …
To watch the full conference, click here . READ PETER MAURER'S SPEECH On 30 June 2015, the ICRC hosted a public livestreamed conference to mark the launch of The Ethical principles of health care in …
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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.
