The text of the Geneva Conventions and of their Additional Protocols is very complex and not always easily understood by the layperson. A simplified work was needed to present and explain these …
This is not an abridged commentary on the Conventions and their Additional Protocols, but a summary of their main provisions, with references to the relevant articles. For all categories of …
This brochure is intended for ICRC staff and humanitarian professionals working in conflict zones or other emergency situations. It describes and proposes ways of dealing with the various emotional …
The ICRC delegations and regional delegations in Africa are refining and adapting their existing activities to take into account new needs and challenges arising from COVID-19 . This document …
Life doesn't stop because of coronavirus, nor do the needs of displaced people. Hence, it is all the more important for the ICRC, together with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), to continue …
In wartime, children are especially vulnerable. They are all too often drawn into hostilities and there is a myriad of other risks that deprive them of the opportunity to fully experience childhood. …
This report sets out ways to make pre-hospital care and ambulance services operating in areas of armed violence safer. Written by the Norwegian Red Cross with support from the ICRC and the Mexican …
In light of the pandemic of COVID-19, the ICRC Regional Delegation adapted its modus operandi by incorporating new activities into its neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian work in …
04-06-2020 Brazil (ICRC) - The situation in Brazil is worrisome. The rising death toll from the new coronavirus has made it one of the most affected countries by the pandemic, with more than 32,000 …
To some, home means everything. To us, how they get there is just as important. Nearly 25,000 detainees, out of almost 100,000 in Myanmar, were recently released following this year's Presidential …
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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.
