The ICRC has been working towards making conditions for detainees more humane since 1870. We provide assistance in areas of armed conflict and other situations of violence to ensure that all …
Space is precious in the dormitories on Komkova Street in Kherson. The identical buildings facing each other have for some decades been home to families of those working at shipbuilding yards. Since …
On September 19th the Moscow Humanitarium Center of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova will host a round table devoted to the theme "Memory and War". The …
These kids in South Sudan understand the worst of the conflict: nightmares, anxiety, loneliness, pain, loss, anger and hopelessness. What does a child know about war? In South Sudan, they know the …
In 2016, life changed for 28-year-old farmer Amilodin from Butig town in Lanao del Sur province, southern Philippines, and he has been struggling to make ends meet while raising his two young …
The current situation in Venezuela is extremely complex. Some areas are experiencing limited access to health care, water, sanitation and hygiene services, and the population is being exposed to a …
Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent a unique and global commitment by States to humanity. Respect thereof continues to play a crucial role today in ensuring the protection of …
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, issue a joint appeal Idlib and Tripoli are currently enduring untold suffering and …
In November 2018, a West African International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Plan of Action was validated by experts from 14 countries in the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS]. This …
In real life, war has real consequences. To raise awareness about the Geneva Conventions and the rules of war, the Philippines' International Humanitarian Law Ad Hoc Committee launched an infomercial …
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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.
