More flexible physical rehabilitation services allow patients to gain time and save money. For nearly three years, the Myanmar Red Cross has been making a difference in the lives of persons with …
Statement United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading to their Total Elimination. Statement of Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. I …
28-03-2017 Pretoria (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply saddened by the untimely death of Ahmed Kathrada early on Tuesday, 28 March. Our sincere condolences to his …
Partnered warfare — i.e. activities in support of Parties to armed conflict—is a reality that demands attention. For civilians, the sick, the wounded and for persons deprived of their liberty, it can …
28-03-2017 Athens (ICRC) – On 28 March, delegates from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the Greek president, to discuss the humanitarian situation in …
While droughts are cyclical in Somalia, this year's conditions have been exacerbated by failed rains. The effects have been devastating for families dependent on livestock and agriculture. …
30-03-2017 Manila (ICRC) – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), launched an electronic learning platform as part …
Since its inception in 2011, the ICRC has awarded the Humanitarian Visa d'Or to deserving photographers as part of the annual "Visa pour l'image" festival of photojournalism, which takes place in …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is organizing its 30th surgical seminar in Geneva. It will be held first at ICRC headquarters From 11.00 a.m. on Friday 31 March 2017 to 6.00 p.m. …
In 2016, the ICRC continued its work to improve detainees' living conditions, protect civilians from the worst ravages of conflict, and help family members separated by conflict keep in touch and, …
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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.
