08-12-2016 Damascus/Geneva: Nearly 150 civilians, most of whom were disabled or in urgent need of care, were evacuated late night from a hospital in the Old City of Aleppo, in a joint operation by …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is to host talks with delegations from Argentina and the United Kingdom to discuss with a view to agreeing on next steps relating to the …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at International Conference on Islam and IHL in Qom, Iran. Your Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Let me first express my appreciation and …
09-12-2016 ICRC President Peter Maurer paid a two-day visit to Iran in December 2016 to meet Iranian officials and take part in an international conference on "Islam and international humanitarian …
Statement Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance, agenda item 69 (a), United Nations General Assembly, 71st …
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day – we, the undersigned organizations, speak out in support of the Health Care in Danger initiative. We forcefully renew our call for wounded and sick …
09-12-2016 Delegations from Argentina and the United Kingdom today agreed, in principle, on the mandate that they will jointly entrust to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to carry …
11-12-2016 Karachi (ICRC) – A public awareness campaign on respecting ambulances' right of way, entitled RastaDein, was launched in Karachi in 2016 as part of the Health Care in Danger project. A …
A round-up of our activities in Kyrgyzstan in 2016: Improving the treatment of detainees ICRC visited 9,700 detainees in 59 places of detention. The Prison Management Plan and Standards of Internal …
- A story for the 10th anniversary of the IHL moot court The Law School of Nanjing University had never reached the final eight of an IHL Moot Court competition, narrowly finishing ninth two years …
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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.
