The ICRC and the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) jointly organised a panel discussion on 4 October 2017 in New Delhi with the objective to provide an understanding of the use of new …
Drafted for the first time with African states’ contribution Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions have been drafted with contributions from the newly independent African States for the …
25-12-2017 Bishkek (ICRC) - On 18 December 2017, a ceremony was held to mark the opening of a prison block providing lenient conditions for prisoners serving life sentences in Penal Colony 19, …
Dating back to 1869, the International Review of the Red Cross is the oldest international publication devoted to humanitarian law and action. Its archives represent a precious primary source on the …
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance, United Nations General Assembly, 72nd Session, Agenda item 73 (a). …
27-12-2017 Kyiv (ICRC) – Today, more than 300 detainees held in connection with the conflict in Ukraine were released with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). …
The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate dramatically in the province of Tanganyika in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). According to the United Nations, since …
29-12-2017 Damascus/Beirut/Geneva, 29 December 2017—Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers and staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have successfully transferred 29 people with …
Adopted on 21 December 2017 and came into force on 1 January 2018 Download the Statutes of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent …
Adopted at the Assembly meeting on 21 December 2017 and came into force on 1 January 2018 Download the ICRC's internal regulations document: INTERNAL REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE 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.
