Kaga Bandoro Region, Dékoa. First aid training session for weapon bearers. CC BY-NC-ND /CICR / Barthelemy Saoure / v-p-cf-e-00964 How to ensure populations living in areas controlled by armed groups …
The ICRC's work in Sri Lanka focuses on supporting people still suffering the effects of the conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government. We are visiting …
29-09-2015 Bangui / Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), …
The ICRC and the State of Kuwait are co-hosting a high-level event at the UN General Assembly in New-York. The event will bring together ICRC and UN humanitarian leaders with political, civil and …
"Previously people saw only my disability and thought that I was worthless," says Los Nimal, a 33-year-old single mother from Cambodia, who became disabled after stepping on a mine. Ms Nimal is one …
Statement Joint statement International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Yemen Red Crescent Society, Geneva / Sana'a. The International …
Rusul, a seven-year-old girl from Ramadi, has been paralyzed since shortly after birth owing to faulty surgery. The intervention, near her spine, failed to cure a serious skin infection and instead …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, United Nations General Assembly, New York, high-level side-event: Uniting around the principle of humanity I wish to welcome you to this …
This booklet provides an overview of the work we do at the ICRC and the contemporary challenges we face in pursuing our humanitarian mission. Discover the ICRC through the eyes of five staff members, …
The ICRC's Advisory Service proposes model instruments for the ratification of or accession to international humanitarian law treaties by States. 1 - Weapons Anti-personnel mines 1997 Convention on …
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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.
