Should militaries be involved in providing humanitarian assistance in conflict zones? This was the question at the heart of a debate co-hosted by the ICRC and the Centre for Military and Security Law …
19-11-2015 Damascus (ICRC) – A three-day seminar on surgical techniques for treating weapon-wounded patients, attended by 45 surgeons, ended today in Damascus. The event – the first of its kind held …
19-11-2015 Photo: ICRC Sarajevo (ICRC) – Twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urging institutions in Bosnia and …
20-11-2015 Caracas / Kingston (ICRC) – The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are working together to provide local youth with solutions to mitigate the …
The International Red Cross Red Cross Movement is celebrating 50 years of the seven Fundamental Principles that govern its work. At one of the events taking place all over the world , staff and …
On 19 November at a meeting in Geneva, the supreme governing body of the International Committee of the Red Cross re-elected its president, Peter Maurer, and its vice-president, Christine Beerli, for …
Statement Joint statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Yemeni Red Crescent and the ICRC Two successive tropical cyclones hit Yemen’s southern coastal …
23-11-2015 Tehran (ICRC) – A regional workshop and round-table discussion to explore different approaches to overcoming environmental sustainability challenges is taking place in Iran from 22 to 25 …
When people die during war or disaster, or while migrating, their bodies must be handled respectfully and with dignity; and the remains of unknown individuals must be searched for, recovered and …
A community has gathered around a common goal – to protect health care. This community is made up of doctors, nurses, patients, humanitarian workers, government officials, weapon bearers, and people …
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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.
