The increasing use of anti-personnel mines of an improvised nature in recent conflicts has resulted in rising numbers of civilian casualties in many contexts. These mines have been referred to as …
January to June 2019 facts and figures During the first half of this year in Nigeria, the upsurge of attacks has led tens of thousands of people to flee, once again, and to settle within host …
Thousands of families in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines have been facing repeated and prolonged displacement for six months now due to the clashes between government forces and armed …
Intense discussions, pertinent questions and insightful comments marked the workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL) that was jointly organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Amman, Jordan (ICRC) – A two-day meeting to discuss how to improve the search for missing people , including victims of enforced disappearance, began today at the Dead Sea in Jordan with the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross is proud to organize for the third time a writing competition in Arabic to engage the Arabic speaking scholars on relevant IHL discussions and to provide …
Statement Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Statement by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross The humanitarian …
01-09-2019 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – A building serving as a detention facility in Yemen was destroyed in an airstrike, killing or injuring every detainee inside when the multi-story facility crumbled. …
In 2019, Libya entered its eighth year of insecurity and protracted conflict. Its economy is in crisis, basic infrastructure is damaged, security threats and severe shortages of cash liquidity have …
30-08-2019 Pristina (ICRC) – A theatrical play titled The Stools , directed by renowned Kosovo director Fadil Hysaj and supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was staged …
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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.
