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 …
As fighting intensifies in Mosul, one million people may try to leave and will urgently need food, water and shelter. We are on the ground ready to help immediately. Here is our presence in …
Decades of violence in South Sudan have shattered hopes for a functional medical system. The Waat Primary Health Care Center we support was originally supposed to provide services to some 45,000 …
17-10-2016 Abuja (ICRC) – Wrapping up a four-day visit to Nigeria, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, met today with Nigerian President Muhammedu …
"The first memory is of the disappeared, but the second memory is of our search for them." A loved one gone missing will remain with family members for the rest of their lives, and their search …
The ICRC supports the Ethiopian police with training to reinforce national and international standards pertaining to arrest, detention and the proportionate use of force. This collaboration with the …
During 2015, the ICRC focused on helping people restore contact with their families, promoting humanitarian law, supporting treatment for cataract sufferers and working with the Indonesian Red Cross. …
Violence against health-care has been a growing humanitarian issue with long-term and widespread effects. Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and ambulances cause disruption in their …
The 2nd Regional Legislative Drafting Workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 4-5 October 2016. The Colombo Delegation of the International Committee of the …
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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.
