30-08-2021 Today, on the international day of the missing, I want to invite everyone to take a moment and try to imagine the unimaginable. Imagine the pain of people who spend years, sometimes …
When wars are fought in cities, it is civilians who bear the brunt. In this new series, we explore the devastating impact on people who have seen their streets and communities become the frontline. …
27-08-2021 Harare (ICRC) – As the world marks International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in Southern Africa has unveiled a memorial …
Belgrade (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the Coordination of Serbian Associations of Families of Missing, Murdered and Killed Persons from the Former …
“I would sacrifice all the cattle I have and donate money to every mosque if I could have him back,” says Galandar’s mother in desperation. Aida Aliyeva/ICRC Galandar, 18, went missing on 4 October …
Hundreds of thousands of people are missing worldwide due to armed conflict, violence, disasters, and in the context of migration. Many never return and are never heard from again. Behind every …
Sa’adi, a 30-year-old farmer, is the mother of four-month-old Abubakar Husseini. Following the birth of her son, she had to take care of her three other children and was not producing enough milk to …
Many communities in North-East, North-Central and South South regions of Nigeria have faced renewed violence in recent months. While we continue to provide emergency assistance including food and …
How are new technologies changing the search for missing people? What opportunities and risks does this shift entail? And what should humanitarians know about it? To mark the International Day of the …
Situated on the very busy Al-Abass Bin Abd Almotaleb Road in Madaba is a thriving charcoal sales business run by Khaled Abbas, a Syrian refugee in Jordan. His store, located in this highly commercial …
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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.
