05-11-2015 Beirut / Tyre – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a three-day course from 3 to 5 November 2015 on the management of emergency-room trauma at the Ragheb Harb hospital …
Every day, hundreds of refugees and migrants are forced to flee conflict and violence, seeking safety and security for themselves and their families. Too often, their routes are dangerous and paved …
06-11-2015 Geneva / Bangui – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned by intensifying violence in the Central African Republic . The organization calls upon all parties …
Since mid-2014, the ICRC and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) have been working together on a community-based livelihood support programme to help the most vulnerable households in the …
Statement United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Third Committee, item 65 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, November 2015. General discussion on the Report of the United …
Statement General debate on the Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects. United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Fourth Committee, item 56 …
08-11-2015 Kiev / Donetsk – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a round-table discussion on 7 November in Donetsk with key stakeholders on searching for dead bodies and on …
The conflict in north-eastern Nigeria has left thousands of women widowed . Lacking a formal education, many have been reduced to begging and are unable to feed their children . Working with local …
The continuous fighting and constant insecurity in Syria have affected all aspects of daily life, with millions of displaced and vulnerable people across the country depending on aid deliveries, and …
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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.
