Words cannot capture the anguish felt by a parent at the disappearance of a child. But Mustapha Garba is trying his best. He speaks in a soft voice, his wife beside him. The words do not come easily, …
From 4 to 6 September 2019, over 120 participants from around the world gathered in the historic town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka, for a global conference on " Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: …
Adopted in 1949, a mere four years after the tremendous suffering of the Second World War, and at the beginning of the Cold War, the Geneva Conventions deepened the body of treaty law protecting …
Helping Mozambican families in need after Cyclones Idai and Kenneth It was the middle of the night when Gabriel Salvador Mabunda awoke to the sound of heavy rain and howling wind. Water was trickling …
12-09-2019 Abuja (ICRC) - Nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported as missing to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during a decade of conflict in northeast Nigeria, the highest …
Thousands of South Sudanese have gone missing as a consequence of conflict and violence . There is no estimate of the number of missing persons in the country, but with the on-going peace process and …
Sexual violence is recognised as a war crime in international law, but in reality few survivors ever see their attackers brought to justice. Weak rule of law, lack of legal recognition of the crime …
The hot summer days are especially tense for farmers living in the Israeli towns around the Gaza Strip. The cause of their troubles: incendiary balloons. By: Shay Davidovich These devices, launched …
11-09-2019 A statement from James Reynolds, the ICRC's head of delegation in South Sudan , on the situation in the country one year after the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of …
At first glance, the small village of Aita, in the central part of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, seems idyllic, but a deeper look reveals a darker history. Nestled between the Pacific Ocean …
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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.
