Belgrade: Response to COVID-19 in May 2020
In response to the unprecedented situation created by the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic , the ICRC put at disposal its resources to eight Red Cross societies in the region covered by the …
In response to the unprecedented situation created by the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic , the ICRC put at disposal its resources to eight Red Cross societies in the region covered by the …
In today’s world, people’s livelihoods depend to a significant extent on markets. Sudden shocks can severely limit how markets function and, as a result, drastically reduce people’s access to …
A compilation of the four quarterly IHL bibliographies issued by the ICRC Library during 2013. …
Recent scientific and technical progress has given rise to unprecedented means and methods of warfare. Technologies that only yesterday were in the realm of science fiction have the potential to …
In response to the unprecedented situation created by the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic , the ICRC put at disposal its resources to eight Red Cross societies in the region covered by the …
A patient that survived because a hospital was spared by fighters – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show that even in …
A woman and a baby that survived because health-care workers provided impartial treatment – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …
These Guidelines, the first of their kind, provide guidance to detaining authorities, investigating authorities, humanitarian agencies and others on preventing deaths in custody. They reflect …
Directed at commanders, staff officers and military doctrine writers, this practical guidance manual illustrates where and how the application of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) should be integrated …
The IHL: Answers to your questions exhibition is made up of six lightweight and flexible panels, easy to assemble and to take down and pack up. The panels measure 80 cm by 230 cm. The complete set …
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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.