This striking exhibition showcases the devastating humanitarian toll exacted by landmines, unexploded cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) – weapons that remain a malign …
More than 9,000 of the people who fled to Russia's Krasnodar region from south-eastern Ukraine are receiving ICRC support. We're working with the Krasnodar branch of the Russian Red Cross to ensure …
Traditional rules of warfare, the conduct of hostilities, and the categories of people and objects protected during war were among the issues discussed at a round table for academics that concluded …
5:00 am, Pakistan: Rise and shine A staff member of the Pakistan Red Crescent gets up and going after spending the night at a local school. He’s on his way to a relief camp set up for evacuees after …
Speech given by Ms Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the ICRC, at the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in Geneva. On behalf of the International Committee of the Red …
22-08-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appealed for States around the world to cease the supply of arms and ammunition to parties to …
In Barangay Calateo, Juban municipality in Sorsogon, Juanita Janoras tends to her seven-month-old pig whom she nicknamed "Sharon". Sharon is expected to deliver her first litter of piglets, and with …
During armed conflict, even the most basic tenets of the law of armed conflict are often violated. How can one ensure that respect for human life and dignity remains a common concern by all sides to …
The ICRC started a film club at its recently opened Humanitarium Centre in Moscow, because, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. In the new club, a film is screened and what …
In borderline villages of Armenia's Tavush Region situated near the international border with Azerbaijan, people underestimated the threats posed by mines and unexploded devices. Last year, in …
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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.
