Keynote speech by ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier at the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum’s Fourth Plenary Session on "International Mechanisms and Global Security Governance", on September 14, …
During the first half of 2024, people in areas affected by armed conflict and violence in the country continued to struggle to meet their basic needs despite humanitarian intervention to alleviate …
Panel remarks by Balthasar Staehelin, Personal Envoy and Head of Regional Delegation for East Asia at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the Third Plenary Session on …
12-09-2024 Kyiv (ICRC) – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed on Thursday after shelling hit the site of a planned frontline aid distribution in the …
12-09-2024 Invitation to Representatives of the Media Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Four Geneva Conventions and Launch of the international humanitarian law Caucus What: A …
"Time moves quickly, and we must find ways to keep going, to find purpose in our pain," said Lana Kochinyan, who lost her husband in the 2020 conflict escalation. Over the past few years, Lana has …
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries Other bodies of law protecting persons affected by violence Learning and teaching IHL Customary IHL Designed for the mobile user on the go, our updated …
Family members can become separated or go missing as a result of conflict, disaster, along a migratory route or during other situations requiring a humanitarian response. We at the ICRC restore and …
Speech of Balthasar Staehelin, Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia, at the Commemoration Ceremony of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, …
A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Agenda item 8 – General Exchange of Views Geneva, 10th September …
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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.
