Access to fresh, nutritious food is key to ensuring that inmates remain healthy. The ICRC works with Zimbabwe prison authorities to ensure that the inmates' daily nutritional requirements are met. …
Contribution by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations Security Council Resolution 2286 is the latest in a series of decisions calling for the protection afforded to medical …
Two families in Northern Samar Province in central Philippines share their stories of longing and hope after losing their loved ones to the armed conflict. Lorna and Rico had a son who was earning …
The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) has presented the ICRC with an award for our efforts to improve the lives of detainees by supporting prison authorities. The award was …
25-11-2016 On 23 and 24 November 2016, the Hellenic Police and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized the second workshop on immigration detention in Athens, Greece. The …
Statement 15th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, Santiago, Chile. …
ICRC president Peter Maurer has made his first official visit to Ireland. Landing in Dublin, Mr Maurer said he was looking forward to strengthening ties with Ireland, a long-standing supporter of the …
The ICRC is asking for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.6 billion dollars/1.5 billion Euros) to cover the cost of its field operations in 2017. Our largest operations in terms of budget are: Syria (178 …
On 5 and 6 October 2016, Rwanda held its first ever IHL moot court competition. The event brought together law school students and faculty who worked in partnership with the ICRC and the Rwanda Red …
The 16th annual All Africa International Humanitarian Law Competition took place in Arusha, Tanzania from 12-19 November 2016. This year's competition had a total of eleven teams from nine African …
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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.
