Manila (ICRC) – Health representatives from key government agencies gathered today for a three-day workshop organized by the ICRC with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of …
Papua New Guineans in full tribal costume welcome guests to Kalolo at the beginning of the day’s festivities. James Daniel Waites / ICRC ICRC Mt Hagen Acting Head of Office Thomas Rogale (centre) is …
174 families received an emergency delivery of food and household essentials in the Sancharak and Kohistanat districts of Afghanistan's Saripul province in August 2016. Most had fled fighting around …
Statement Advancement of Women, United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Third Committee, Statement by the ICRC. Armed conflict is not just a man’s business; the impact on women can be severe. …
International humanitarian law, its applicability to new weapons, means and methods of warfare and the influence of remote-controlled and autonomous weapon systems on international humanitarian law …
One of the most significant consequences of armed conflict and other situations of violence is their impact on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of the people affected. The term ‘mental …
The Rio Project, carried out between 2009 and 2013, comprised a set of ICRC initiatives in partnership with Brazilian governmental agencies, neighbourhood associations and the Brazilian Red Cross …
The e-briefing you are about to enter shows the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. These consequences have been known to the world since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and …
Statement United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, First Committee, General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items. Statement by Ms Christine Beerli, Vice President …
13-10-2016 Beijing (ICRC) - A two-day roundtable to discuss the implementation of the law in peace operations opens today in Shanghai, China. Co-organized by the International Committee of the Red …
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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.
