Renewed fighting in Al Dhalea province has caused thousands of families to flee their villages under harsh circumstances. According to the displacement tracking report by IOM, over 65,000 people had …
Negotiating under pressure in insecure environments is a critical skill that allows humanitarian organizations to help those most in need. Humanitarians must strike a brutal balance between making an …
BANGKOK-The ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) in partnership with the ASEAN Secretariat, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation – Ministry of Interior Thailand (DDPM), and …
Addis Ababa: 40 army officers were trained on basic principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights standards at a three-day seminar conducted in Addis Ababa from 29 …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), supported by the European Union (EU) and in collaboration with the Swedish Red Cross, will be broadcasting a short film on the risks to …
ICRC brings stories of strength and resilience in Papua New Guinea to the foyer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 'In the Fight: Humanity and Tribal Conflict' , a multimedia …
Open briefing of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Remarks by Dr. Cordula Droege, ICRC chief legal officer Thank you for inviting the ICRC to join this important briefing. In my remarks today I will …
01-11-2019 Ouagadougou - Fighting in the Sahel , centre-north and north regions of Burkina Faso has forced thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks . In Soum province (Sahel), hundreds of …
Statement to UN General Assembly Third Committee, General discussion on refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons As delivered by Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, Ms. Allanah Kjellgren …
Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appointed Robert Mardini to the post of director-general. Born and raised in Lebanon and educated in …
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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.
