On the morning of 3 November 2016, Pierre Dorbes, head of the ICRC's Regional Delegation for East Asia, visited the Humanity in War exhibition in the Capital Museum. With no heating in the Capital …
08-11-2016 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on all parties to the conflict in Galkayo to take all precautionary measures to protect civilians, health care …
This school in Lebanon's Wadi Khaled, one kilometre away from Syria, is an example of solidarity beyond borders, as it brings together vulnerable Lebanese children and refugees. They might be from …
The Immigration Department of Malaysia recently hosted a small ceremony to commemorate handing over of medical equipment by the ICRC. The equipment will benefit detainees in six Immigration Detention …
Eighth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their …
As an ICRC delegate, who has been working for the organization for 16 years, Thomas Russell, cooperation coordinator in the Regional Delegation of East Asia, tells us a story about recusing a wounded …
The IHL Role Play Competition 2016 will be hosted by the ICRC and the National University of Malaysia (UKM) from the 9 th to the 11 th of November. In its second year, the Competition has drawn 14 …
Mexico (ICRC - IFRC) – Representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have adopted a declaration in response to an increased indifference by governments and society to the …
Many people have had to flee their homes because of the conflict in Ukraine . The ICRC is helping them, working in cooperation with local Red Cross branches and local authorities. From January to …
Fifteen students from across Ethiopia celebrated their graduation from a three-year programme at the Orthopaedic Vocational and Educational Training College (OTVETC) in Addis Ababa earlier this …
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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.
