Annual Report 2016
The Annual Report 2016 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 …
The Annual Report 2016 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 …
Experts from 21 countries deliberated upon operational aspects of the law of naval warfare and current issues relating to humanitarian action at sea during a regional workshop in Kuala Lumpur. …
Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Prize No recipient has been awarded the Peace Prize as many times as the ICRC. In 1901, the first ever Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Dunant, founder of the Red …
08-06-2017 Tel Aviv – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urges the Hamas authorities to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law with regard to the five …
Signature of the AP to the GCs of 12 August 1949 / LEBLANC, GÉRARD To mark the 40th Anniversary of the Additional Protocols I and II (APs) on 8 June 2017, the ICRC will convene a conference at the …
Tel Aviv / Gaza - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls upon the Israeli authorities to live up to their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL), in clarifying the …
Haduko has just received a cash transfer message on her mobile phone. She makes her way to a mobile money vendor to withdraw the cash. This assistance is helping people affected by drought in Kenya's …
The Advanced IHL Learning Series are addressed to lecturers and trainers who wish to be abreast of the latest developments in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other related areas. The series …
12-06-2017 Astana/Geneva (ICRC) – In a move to promote structured dialogue on international humanitarian law, the ICRC and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) entered into a Memorandum of …
12-06-2017 Following a new localized spike in hostilities in eastern Ukraine, workers manning a major water pumping station could not stay on duty, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of …
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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.