Nineteen newly recruited officers of the Judge Advocate General Service (JAGS), the legal counsels of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), underwent a three-week training on international …
This guide is part of a broader package on the Resolve Platform. It focuses specifically on the Missing Persons entity and should be read in conjunction with the User Guide for Transversal Functions. …
“African prisons are faced with overcrowding, poor operations and maintenance presenting serious security and health challenges to inmates and warders alike, leading to human rights abuses.” These …
The Community Outreach Programme is a joint initiative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), and the Danish Red Cross (DRC). It aims to …
Statement Statement by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered at the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement recently released its comprehensive progress report on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities, providing valuable insights into the ongoing …
Civilian populations are often deprived of basic necessities in war. In order to carry out their tasks, humanitarian organizations must be granted rapid and unimpeded access to the people affected. …
The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (China round) concluded on 26 November in Soochow University, China. The event was jointly organized by the …
Geneva (ICRC) – Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday began carrying out a multi-day operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages held in Gaza and …
This is a summary of the final report of the evaluation of the qualitative and quantitative results of the Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme. The program was developed by the ICRC …
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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.
