29-06-2020 Kuwait City (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), and the Kuwait Fund for Arab …
With the conflict in its tenth year, Syria is facing the global COVID-19 pandemic with scarce resources while simultaneously experiencing a dramatic deterioration in the economic situation. For more …
The Convention on Cluster Munitions contains various measures and mechanisms for promoting its implementation and ensuring compliance with its provisions. Some of these may necessitate the adoption …
The Annual Report 2019 is an account of the field activities the ICRC conducted worldwide over the year. These activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with. The first …
On 26 November 2019, the ICRC paid a courtesy visit to Ibnu Abbas Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) for girls, in Klaten, Indonesia. The director of the pesantren, Ustaz Mui'nudinillah Basri, who …
Lack of familiarity with cultural and religious practices on the part of personnel involved in management of the dead can have serious consequences. This document provides guidance on the management, …
Lack of familiarity with cultural and religious practices on the part of personnel involved in the management of the dead can have serious consequences. This document provides guidance on the …
This report is the result of a two-day workshop for experts on international humanitarian law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the …
While the world continues to grapple with the seismic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , one thing is for certain – the virus does not discriminate. While the virus affects us all, it affects certain …
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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.
