The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal organised the 2nd South Asian Expert Exchange on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with …
Only the most vicious of droughts get a name. The one in Somalia is named Sima. Bahile Hassan, a 60-year-old grandmother, says this is the worst of all of them. Sima , in fact, means "equal" in the …
Statement High-Level Side Event of the 74th UN General Assembly Excellencies, As a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross I have looked into many eyes of survivors of sexual …
Remarks to UN General Assembly High-Level Side Event on "Counter-terrorism Frameworks and Sanctions Regimes: Safeguarding Humanitarian Space" As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer First, we …
26-09-2019 New York (ICRC) – The building momentum in support of a world free of nuclear weapons is a hopeful sign for the future of humanity as more States on Thursday signed a landmark treaty …
25-09-2019 Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns in the strongest terms the tragic killing of an abducted member of the Action Against Hunger team. The ICRC is …
Statement Remarks to high-level meeting on the Syrian crisis at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, hosted by the European Union As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer President, …
People are at the centre of any organization’s success. For the Philippines' Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) , addressing humanitarian concerns caused by overcrowding largely depends …
Statement Remarks to high-level side event: "70 years of the Geneva Conventions: Investing in humanity through multilateralism" As delivered by President Peter Maurer President, foreign ministers, …
“Every time the doorbell rings, I think it’s him, my father.” This is how Elnara Elekberova remembers her father who has been missing for 27 years now. Her mother, Shalala Mammadova, says that as a …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
