30-08-2017 Manila (ICRC) – It has been more than three months since fighting broke out in Marawi City, in Lanao del Sur province, but for families whose loved ones are still missing, the wait seems …
Basheer thought he could make it. He was 18, in good health and knew how to swim. But the Evros River crossing takes many victims. Wet, cold, tired and lost, a mother and son who successfully crossed …
Every day around the world, an alarming number of migrants go missing, either in transit, or in destination countries. They may be alive but unable to establish contact with their families for a …
José CENDON/ICRC On 30 August, in honor of the International Day of the Disappeared, the ICRC convenes a conference at the Humanitarium on the importance of remembrance and the story behind its …
The regional focus in the reporting period remained on the response to the cholera crisis in Yemen. It was channeled through the Amman-based regional Logistics Support Centre (LSC). The Amman …
In February 2017, relatives of missing people in El Quiché (the department most affected by the violence during the war) were brought together to look at some personal possessions that had been …
31-08-2017 BEIJING (Aug. 31) – In the framework of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law (IHL) …
In the framework of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Summer Session for Lecturers …
Every Friday, 12 to 15 volunteers perform an hour-long street play. The project, which was initiated by the Health Care in Danger project, began in April 2017. South Sudan Red Cross already have a …
31-08-2017 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today appointed Mr Christoph Franz as its newest member. This brings the membership of the Committee …
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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.
