Beddawe refugee camp, the second largest in north Lebanon, was home for mainly Palestinian refugees. Since the start of the Syrian crisis and the recent economic recession, the camp has become home …
Despite repeated clashes in her village, Fadimatou Abbas did not want to leave Fotokol, which lies in Cameroon's Far North region, a few kilometres from the Nigerian border. But in mid-January 2016, …
Addis Ababa (ICRC) - The ICRC delegation to the African Union (AU) held a roundtable on 26-27 May on the obligation to ensure respect of international humanitarian law in multinational operations in …
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem During the five-day course, 25 male and 20 female guards learnt specific skills and behaviours that first aiders need when caring for people caught in situations of violence …
How to regulate private military and security companies (PMSCs) was the subject of a recent meeting in Moscow organized jointly by the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, …
Too often, explosive weapons that have wide-area effects are used in populated areas, with devastating effects on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Explosive weapons use the detonation of a …
On 21 April 2016, the ICRC hosted a panel at the Humanitarium to discuss whether adherence to international humanitarian law (IHL) has been eroding in today's armed conflicts and if so, how to …
06-06-2016 Nairobi (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is distributing food and other items including the Quran during Ramadan to more than 5,000 detainees throughout Somalia. "The …
06-06-2016 N'Djamena (ICRC) – Some 5,300 families in the areas of Liwa and Baga Sola will receive seed, farming equipment and essential household items as part of the International Committee of the …
We have just updated the customary IHL database to include additional practice from Chad , Côte d'Ivoire , Cuba , the Russian Federation and Viet Nam . The database contains: the 161 rules of …
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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.
