To mark the 40th anniversary of Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (the Additional Protocols) on 8 June 2017, the ICRC convened a conference at the Humanitarium , where …
The Syrian war has entered its seventh year. It remains the largest and most complex humanitarian crisis in the world. People's needs on the ground are rising sharply throughout the country. …
We will be presenting the handbook at the following events: 04 September, Gammarth, Tunisia: 10ème Conférence Francophone, Association Francophone des Autorités de Protection des Données …
As part of its conference cycle on Generating respect for the law , the ICRC and the German Permanent Mission to the United Nations will convene a panel discussion on 29 June at the Humanitarium to …
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 marked one of the greatest humanitarian legal achievements of the 20th century, with the Second Geneva Convention regulating for the first time the protection of …
The fighting between government forces and the Maute group in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, has continued for more than a month now. Residential and commercial areas east of the Agus River have been …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress. Work began on 20 June …
The ICRC and the German Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a panel discussion at the ICRC's Humanitarium in Geneva on 29 June 2017 to launch Humanizing the Laws of War: The Red Cross …
In the years since the Second World War, the international community has been fortunate not to see many conflicts at sea. However in a world where conflict is rife, with regional maritime border …
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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.
