The ICRC's new Moscow Humanitarium is to provide a forum for discussions and research on humanitarian issues. This centre will serve as a regional platform for discussing international humanitarian …
The ICRC has been present in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 1967, as part of its international humanitarian mandate. It carries out a wide range of activities in the country, including …
23-03-2016 A joint convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the United Nations yesterday reached several villages in the region of Al …
Tears streamed down Lemlem's cheeks the whole day after returning to Ethiopia. Why so many tears? Her return voyage from Eritrea allowed Lemlem to reunite with her daughter after being apart for 18 …
PTP refugee camp, Grand Gedeh, Liberia Before her pick up, Allert’s feelings were a mix of excitement and sadness. Excitement because of returning to her parents and homeland while feeling sad to …
The ICRC has emphasised the need for compliance with international humanitarian law in evidence before the UK parliament's International Development Committee. ICRC senior policy advisor Markus …
24-03-2016 PORT MORESBY – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned by the ongoing humanitarian situation in Tari District, Hela Province, where hundreds of people have been …
The ICRC opened its delegation in Eritrea in 1998 and worked throughout the 1998-2000 armed conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and beyond, protecting and assisting people affected by the conflict. …
24-03-2016 Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff distributed aid today to more than 12,000 displaced people surviving in desperate conditions in west Ramadi, …
25-03-2016 Belgrade/Pristina (ICRC) – The working group on persons unaccounted for in connection with events in Kosovo in 1998 and 1999 held its 42nd session in Belgrade today. Officials from …
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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.
