"Rations of rice, beans and oil are a precious source of aid, but sometimes people just need money. We find ourselves having to sell the food we get in order to buy soap or medicine." In Cameroon's …
Since its creation in 1863, the ICRC's sole objective has been to ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife. It does so through its direct action around the world, as …
Find out how we all lose when the rules of war are ignored. The rules of war, or international humanitarian law, set out what can and cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions …
31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today launched an ad-style video which illustrates the terrifying human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions and …
Recurrent armed clashes, seasonal flooding and droughts are events that feature prominently in this year's Somalia humanitarian calendar. Against a backdrop of decades of conflict and political …
As the border with Syria remains closed after a suicide car bomb attack on June 21 in Rukban, tens of thousands of stranded asylum seekers are in need of urgent assistance in the berm area. The vast …
From January to September 2016: 154 ante mortem date questionnaires from the families of missing persons were collected by the ICRC. 75 sets of human remains and body parts from 4 gravesites were …
Elvis Baliwabo was separated from his father during the war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2011 when he was only four years old. He is now eight. His mother died in the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross supports the efforts of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) to treat malnourished inmates in Zimbabwe's prisons. This collaboration led …
Statement Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. Statement given by the ICRC. Sadly, …
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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.
