Stories of front-line workers braving the COVID-19 pandemic took centre stage in the Young Humanitarian Writers Competition this year. From medical personnel and police officers, to delivery riders …
Kabul, November 2020 — On a crisp, blue-skied November morning, the Ali Abad Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul – a sprawling compound catering to the needs of some of the most disadvantaged people in …
07-12-2020 Gaza City (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs in Gaza have joined forces in a campaign to convince …
This webinar, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), will be held twice: on Monday 7 December 2020 at 11:00-12:30 …
The ICRC together with Sanata Dharma University in Indonesia and its Jesuit universities’ network in Asia are co-organizing the Third Part of the Webinar Series on Humanitarian Affairs in Asia with …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross The IISS Manama Dialogue,16th Regional Security Summit, Manama Excellencies: The question I am most often …
Statement Delivered by Tilman Rodenhäuser, Legal Adviser Ambassador Akahori, Professor Akande, Excellencies, dear colleagues, The ICRC is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this informal …
This October, TEDxIslamabad (independently organized by TED Talks) held a virtual event supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The talks focused on the power of empathy and …
While the COVID-19 pandemic has hogged all the attention, the rise in malnourished children has the medical staff of Biu General Hospital worried that more children may die if they don't receive …
Farmers in Pagayawan, Lanao del Sur are learning biodynamic and organic farming in the hope of restarting their livelihoods. Basar buried his sun-scorched face in his hands and heaved a deep sigh as …
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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.
