Geneva (ICRC) -- Present in the region since 1967, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) considers the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, which constitute …
19-07-2024 Kyiv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed the repair of two dams that will ensure water supply to more than 70,000 people in northeast Ukraine last …
18-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time when international tensions are rising, the number and scale of armed conflicts are increasing, and many states face acute security concerns, the role of …
—ICRC holds session at the Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia On July 16, the 3rd Conference of Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia was held in Beijing. The ICRC held a session on …
Gaza (ICRC) – The 60-bed Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza is nearly at full capacity following repeated mass casualty events. They include the attack in Al-Mawasi on Saturday that …
In 2015, following armed conflicts in Syria and beyond, Greece found itself at the frontline of an influx of refugees unprecedented in its recent history, in a conjunction of challenging social and …
Port Sudan (ICRC) – Fifteen months since the beginning of the armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, millions of people do not have access to essential …
16-07-2024 The ICRC, in collaboration with the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), has launched a large humanitarian initiative to distribute food parcels Beirut — The International Committee of the Red Cross …
Manila Shared Services Center, Makati, Philippines Open-ended Human resources The Closing Analyst is in charge of providing reliable, accurate, and timely accounting data through implementation of …
14-07-2024 Over the last week, communities in northern Gaza have endured increased fighting, resulting in large numbers of civilians killed and injured. This comes on top of nine months of …
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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.
