On International Day of the Disappeared, which is commemorated on Aug. 30th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) highlights the importance of joining forces to find out the fate of …
Two years ago, Hakimullah, a young boy with a physical disability lost contact with his family in the southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan following an armed clash that broke out in his village. …
The principle of 'universal jurisdiction' entitles a state to prosecute offenders even in the absence of any link between the crime committed and the prosecuting state. It is based on the notion that …
30-08-2022 Dakar/Nairobi (ICRC) - More than 25,000 minors are missing across Africa, according to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Children represent …
30-08-2022 According to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 64,000 cases of disappeared persons have been reported across Africa. In Nigeria alone, over …
Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the 10th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. 30 August – 2 …
After the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) took control of the country in August 2021, funding from development agencies and international financial institutions was stopped, interrupting many …
30-08-2022 30 August marks the International Day of the Disappeared aimed at raising awareness of governments, communities, media and public about the plight of people who went missing as a result of …
It's devastating for family and friends when a loved one disappears. Yet this is the harsh reality for too many people across the world as thousands go missing every year. Armed conflict, violence, …
29-08-2022 Pristina (ICRC) – More than 20 years after the armed conflict in Kosovo, the families of more than 1’600 missing persons are still looking for their loved ones. Behind every missing person …
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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.
