04-10-2019 Geneva/Amsterdam, 4 October 2019 – The massive mental health needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies are not being addressed, warned leaders of the International Committee of …
03-10-2019 Jerusalem - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) laments the misplaced public pressure directed towards its offices and staff over the past days which has led to the …
The daughter of PRCS volunteer paramedic Mahmoud Abu Salah kisses his hand in the early morning as he gets on his motorcycle to go to work at PRCS Khan Yunis station, Gaza. ICRC/Mohammed Mansour Upon …
Second EU report on the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with IHL The ICRC welcomes the second COJUR report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL Working …
Mellit locality is a flat and beautiful town dominated by green vegetation. It is so beautiful that a poem was composed by the great Sudanese poet, Mohammed Saeed Al Abasi, to capture its wonderful …
On 17 July 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Croatian veterans and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The MoU, between the Ministry of …
Opening statement of Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at Vienna conference on "Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare" (1-2 October 2019) On …
Around 25 professors and academics from universities in China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea came together for the 2nd Annual Northeast Asia Training Course for University Lecturers on International …
UNESCO partnered with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-organized the ICRC's 8th Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law in Asia and Pacific, with the support 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 sad history. Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and …
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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.
