12-05-2022 Sahel (ICRC) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk of facing hunger during the upcoming agricultural lean period -- the time between …
10-05-2022 Joint statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on the Brussels VI Conference on …
A landmine explosion. Clashes. Homes destroyed. This is an all too familiar story in Myanmar, where many have lost their homes during clashes. Some have been unable to return to their villages for …
The Young Humanitarian Journalists Competition (YHJC) 2022 was launched today to commemorate 50 years of humanitarian action and journalism. The themes for this year's competition are "Humanitarian …
Multiple layers of armed conflict and entrenched socio-cultural dynamics have left Afghanistan with one of the highest disability rates in the world. We have been supporting the Afghan people since …
In May 2021, the ICRC adopted the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations, highlighting our commitment to help communities enduring conflict and other violence adapt to a …
08-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – After weeks of living largely underground with dwindling food, water and medicine, more than 170 civilians from Azovstal and the Mariupol area arrived in Zaporizhzhia on …
"Tutti Fratelli!" We are brothers and sisters, exclaimed the women of Castiglione after the devastating battle of Solferino in 1859. With these very words, they sparked the flame of Humanity among …
08-05-2022 Papua New Guinea (PNG), 8 May 2022 – Today we are celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day dedicated to recognizing the support given by Red Cross/Red Crescent staff and …
06-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the repatriation of 117 detainees on Friday from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, following a request from the Joint …
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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.
