29-08-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has called on governments to urgently address the humanitarian issue of missing people: those who …
Powered by Eventbrite On 30 August 2016, 12.00-14.00, the ICRC will host a panel on ''Clarifying the fate of missing persons: challenges in international humanitarian law and international human …
The International Day of the Disappeared is marked on 30 August. But why isn't more being done to resolve the fate of so many people? For a few hours there will be news stories about the 'missing'. …
The disappearance of a loved one is a tragedy for their families. They live with uncertainty and anguish, unable to close this painful chapter of their lives …
30-08-2016 Kiev (ICRC) – Two years after the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the problem of missing persons remains acute. At least 1,000 people have gone missing, though no exact numbers …
Anyone can understand the grief and desolation felt when a loved one dies. But what about the crushing hurt and uncertainty when somebody just disappears? Hundreds of thousands of people are …
From 2016, inmates in Zimbabwe prisons will keep the cold away by wearing jerseys that they produced themselves. This follows a project jointly initiated by the ICRC and the Zimbabwe Prisons and …
31-08-2016 Beirut (ICRC) – A conference on the fate of thousands of people who have been missing since the Lebanese civil war took place today. The event, organized by the International Committee of …
The ICRC has scaled up its humanitarian response to civilians affected by armed violence in North East Nigeria. In 2016, we continue to provide food , shelter and essential household items to …
The ICRC continued to help Liberian authorities respond to humanitarian needs while strengthening the capacities of different national institutions. In 2016, we visited detainees, distributed …
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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.
