On 15 November 2017, the ICRC will hold an expert panel at the Humanitarium to discuss the need to enhance compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) during military operations in urban …
A fisherman himself, 88-year-old Jamal knew that the seas could be unpredictable. So, when his son Ali, who had left with six other fishermen, did not return around the expected date, Jamal did not …
Keeping in mind the staggering number of heart disease-related deaths in Ukraine's prisons, the ICRC has put in place a programme to allow for effective treatment of cardiac patients in detention. An …
“We are doing something big here” Slobodan has been working with the ICRC since 2014 but still runs his own medical practice in Serbia. Born in 1967, he's a keen marathon runner and has long …
17-11-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – With imports of fuel and other essential goods at a standstill for the past ten days, three Yemeni cities had to stop providing clean water in recent days, putting …
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Statement The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – comprised of 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and …
Members of the Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRCS), with support from the ICRC Libya and Cairo delegations, visited Egypt for a peer-to-peer experience exchange with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society …
22-11-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – A round table on "The control of arms in international and domestic law: Legal and Policy Considerations", co-organized by the International committee of the Red Cross …
Government representatives from nine countries participated in the Seventh South Asian Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to discuss and deliberate on key issues related to …
Meet Farhana Javid. The 38-year-old psychologist from India is a mental health delegate in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine. She counsels and supports the residents of front-line communities and helps them …
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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.
