25-09-2024 In accordance with its humanitarian mandate and as a neutral and impartial intermediary, the ICRC is ready to carry out further forensic work on the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) with …
Speech by Mirjana Spoljaric at the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Signing Ceremony, 24 September 2024 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to stand before you …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Briefing to the UN Security Council – Maintenance of International Peace and Security, 25 September 2024, …
25-09-2024 Geneva (ICRC) — As civilian deaths and injuries continue to rise, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently appealing for parties to the conflict to adhere to …
Delivered by Mr. Christopher Harland, Deputy Permanent Observer, ICRC Delegation to the United Nations in New York. Thank you, Mr. President! Yesterday, leaders of the world adopted the Pact for the …
Battambang, Cambodia – On 29 August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Cambodia Wheelchair Basketball Federation (CWBF) celebrated the construction of a roof over the …
The year 2023 was marked by an increase in armed conflicts, not only in Africa but also globally, frequently raising concerns about respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). The resurgence of …
20-09-2024 Dakar (ICRC) – Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in recent weeks as floods ravage several countries in West Africa. Torrential rains in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria …
On September 16th, ICRC Delegation to African Union together with the Embassy of Switzerland organized a high-level event in Addis Ababa to mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was established out of compassion and a deep commitment to protecting the people most affected by war. From families looking for missing loved …
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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.
