Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on "Global compact for responsibility sharing for refugees, respect for international law" at the UN Summit for …
19-09-2016 Surabaya (ICRC) – The Indonesian Navy and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today opened the third Asia Pacific Workshop on the Law of Armed Conflict at Sea in Surabaya. …
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on "Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants," at the UN summit for Refugees and Migrants. The ICRC …
20-09-2016 The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are outraged by …
Balancing humane treatment for prisoners with security is not always easy, but vocational training and rehabilitation can prepare inmates for the outside world and reduce tensions inside. Maintaining …
A family, displaced from their village in Mafa, arrive at the outskirts of Maiduguri. With little food or water, most of those displaced walk for more than three days to reach Maiduguri. Mackenzie …
Yangon/Hpa An (ICRC) – In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the …
Sexual violence is tragically prevalent in many modern conflicts. The ICRC is committed to further increasing its efforts in the prevention of this devastating violation and to provide assistance to …
A Conference co-organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS). Migration is a global phenomenon. Worldwide, the number …
Badri Gamgebeli went missing in September 1993 during the armed conflict in Abkhazia. Over the ensuing 23 years, his family heard various stories indicating that he was still alive. Some days, …
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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.
