The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
… and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most … Protocols are at the core of international humanitarian law , the body of international law that …
Skip to main content
Search results
Sudan: Facts and Figures 2021
… work by disseminating and promoting international humanitarian law and human rights law with institutions and …
Malaysia: 18th national IHL moot court competition 2021
… with the local university to organize an International Humanitarian Law moot court competition where students …
Bangladesh: Cash grants help 6,000 families in Chattogram Hill Tracts
… she received the cash assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross … the BDRCS. In times of COVID-19, our diverse humanitarian support like cash assistance, … sessions on international humanitarian law, international human rights law, as well …
Legal provisions - Sexual violence in armed conflicts workshop
… Academic workshop on sexual violence International legal framework affording … other situations of violence International humanitarian law Treaty law Article 3 common to the Geneva …
Biological weapons: Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference of States Parties
… for hostile use of biotechnology, the International Committee of the Red Cross … to the prohibition under international humanitarian law against the use of biological weapons, and …
NPT States Parties must make urgent progress on implementing their obligations and commitments
… Statement submitted by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences, capable of … in accordance with international humanitarian law. Any use of, or threat to use, nuclear …
Yemen: An urgent call to keep borders open for health, medical supplies
… 07-11-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … land borders to be kept open to allow vital humanitarian supplies to enter the country. … in violation of international humanitarian law," said Mr Mardini. For further …
Annual Report 2019
… of victims of war, and to promote respect for international humanitarian law. In 2019, the ICRC was present in more …
Artificial intelligence
… Artificial intelligence and humanitarianism at Chatham House event … conflict and rapid technological change, the International Committee of the Red Cross … decisions? From the Humanitarian Law and Policy blog Algorithms of war: The use …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.