With a view to facilitating implementation of the rules of international humanitarian law at the national level, the ICRC’s Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law proposes model laws / …
This weekend marks the 22nd anniversary of the "Battle of Mogadishu," during which an American special operations team was sent into the Somali capital on 3 October 1993 to arrest two top lieutenants …
European Parliament Information Office in Belgium (c) ICRC / Frédéric Joli Exhibition at the European Parliament (c) ICRC / Alexander De Jaeger (c) ICRC / Frédéric Joli Enrique Guerrero, Standing …
02-10-2015 Manila (ICRC) – Over 30 surgeons, anaesthesiologists and physicians from private and government hospitals are participating in a three-day training course to enhance their capacity to …
As fighting continues in the northern city of Kunduz in Afghanistan, we are deeply concerned about the welfare of local civilians and their ability to access health care. Update, Saturday 3 October …
02-10-2015 As the fighting continues in the city of Kunduz, the International Committee of the Red Cross is increasingly concerned about the welfare of civilians in the city and the lack of medical …
Disappearances are a reality. They happen for different reasons: during war, when people migrate, due to natural or man-made disasters. For the families of the disappeared, the anguish of uncertainty …
02-10-2015 Kiev (ICRC) – Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a round-table discussion with representatives of Ukrainian government institutions on the recovery, …
You don't need to travel far from Kiev's main thoroughfare with its smart boutiques, loud music and strolling crowds to find the other Ukraine. And this is not, as you might think, the desperate …
Doctors Alain Kabakuli, surgeon, and Pierre Kabuya, anaesthetist, explain how war-wounded patients are treated at Bukavu General Hospital with the limited means available in the region. In this video …
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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.
