Report of the Second Universal Meeting of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law, March 19-21 2007. The issue of missing persons, in particular, has become a growing concern over the …
Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades. These weapons have unique characteristics that make them a grave danger to civilians. These four fact sheets provide an overview of the …
This report provides an account of the January 2014 thematic consultation of government experts on conditions of detention and particularly vulnerable detainees. The consultation was part of the …
At the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, a vocational training area was transformed into an isolation ward for COVID-19 suspects and patients with mild and moderate symptoms. The ICRC provided …
The ICRC established the International Prisoners of War Agency in Geneva on 21 August 1914. Its role was to restore contact between people separated by war – prisoners of war, civilian internees, and …
The annotated version of these minutes opens up the operations of the ICRC's International Prisoner-of-War Agency for the first time. In four years, the Agency gathered and distributed information on …
This publication is a summary report of the ICRC Expert Meeting on the Humanitarian, Military, Technical and Legal Challenges of Cluster Munitions, held 18 to 20 April 2007 in Montreux, Switzerland. …
The Sterilization Guidelines provide a clear guidance to Hospital Projects on how to clean, disinfect and sterilize surgical equipment and supplies. This process is a crucial part of infection and …
This publication presents a number of recommendations for States – legislative measures and procedures in particular – to help them implement those aspects of international law that protect the …
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the ICRC, morally weakened and on the verge of bankruptcy, saw its very existence called into question. It was reproached for failing to publicly condemn …
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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.
