The archives of humanitarian coordination bodies set up jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the former "League"), National Societies or other …
The Committee's archives, which bear an index number starting with the letter A, contain in particular the bound volumes of the minutes of meetings held by the Committee and the other decision-making …
Documentary collections stored in the ICRC archives are to be found under index number V. They are generally accessible to the public. The largest collections consist of the ICRC's audiovisual …
Model instrument of ratification / accession ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Model …
The red cross and the red crescent have been at the service of humanity for more than a century - affording protection to those affected by conflict and to those assisting them. In December 2005, an …
Paris principles and guidelines on children associated with armed forces or armed groups and Paris commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups. …
21-06-2007 On 18-19 June 2007 a regional meeting entitled "Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949: …
15-10-2007 The Chinese version of a world-wide study conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of the practices on states in times of armed conflict was launched in Beijing on …
Statement Document adopted by the ICRC Assembly on 27 April 2006. The genocide of the Jews and Gypsies and other persecutions carried out under the Third Reich were the cause of unspeakable …
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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.
