14-10-2016 Beijing (ICRC) – An exhibition on "Humanity in War" organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Red Cross Society of China, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, in …
A growing global problem The destructive force of urban violence on people's lives and livelihoods – and the suffering it causes is a major concern of the ICRC in many contexts in which it works …
14-10-2016 Niamey / Geneva (ICRC): The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, completed today a two-day mission to Niger. With life-saving aid not reaching …
14-10-2016 Harare (ICRC) – Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) and Midlands State University (MSU) will compete for the opportunity to represent Zimbabwe at the top African competition for law students …
Migrant children, United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Third Committee, Statement by the ICRC. Daily events in the Mediterranean, South-East Asia, the Americas, the Gulf of Aden and …
Statement United Nations, General Assembly, 71st session, Sixth Committee statement by the ICRC, New York, October 2016. The principle of universal jurisdiction is one of the key tools for ensuring …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland after the conflict at Solferino, Italy between the Austrian and French empires. Henry Dunant happened to witness …
Conflict in the Lake Chad region has affected millions of people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. As a result, malnutrition is one of the challenges that the civilian communities are facing. In …
Statement of Christine Beerli, ICRC Vice-President at the 17th edition Bruges Colloquium , 20 -21 october 2016 Terrorism is a scourge to which the international community has been striving to respond …
In Indonesia, the ICRC is: helping the Indonesian Red Cross, the authorities and ASEAN to develop their emergency response; working with the Indonesian Red Cross and local NGOs to support medical …
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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.
