ICRC Strategy 2019–2024
The ICRC Strategy 2019–2024 provides a compass for action for the next six years. It guides the organization in preventing and alleviating the suffering of people affected by conflict and violence, …
The ICRC Strategy 2019–2024 provides a compass for action for the next six years. It guides the organization in preventing and alleviating the suffering of people affected by conflict and violence, …
This brochure gives an introduction to the handbook "Accompanying the families of missing persons". The handbook provides a detailed description of the role of the accompanier, including the …
This document reports the findings of the ICRC project and meeting on occupation and other forms of administration of foreign …
A set of six posters promoting respect for the dignity of people in detention. The posters contain basic information about the rights, and the proper treatment, of people deprived of their liberty; …
What does the legal regulation of armed conflict at the beginning of the twenty-first century look like? Is it legally permissible to target anyone, anywhere, with armed drones? Can and should States …
The Physiotherapy leaflet is a concise introduction to the work of the ICRC's physiotherapists. It explains the role these professionals play in physical rehabilitation and hospital projects, …
This issue is a collection of articles taken from the International Review of the Red Cross on the theme of Conflict in …
This set of policy guidelines was adopted by the ICRC's Assembly Council on 9 June 2011. It strongly reflects the ICRC's conviction that torture and other forms of ill-treatment must be absolutely …
Sexual violence has been, and to a large extent continues to be, shrouded in silence. However, the dynamics behind it, including its prevalence and horrific toll on individuals and societies, have …
What are the main challenges that humanitarian actors face in upholding a principled approach in today's crises and emergencies? How are "principles guiding humanitarian action" understood by …
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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.