This important work contains all the texts that serve as a basis for the ICRC, the International Federation and national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Included are: the Fundamental Principles …
This brochure contains the Restoring Family Links (RFL) Strategy of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and implementation plan (2008-2018) as adopted by Resolution 4 of the 2007 …
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are separated from their loved ones as a result of war, disasters, migration or other circumstances. This leaflet summarizes the work being done by the …
This booklet/CD-ROM provides examples of basic post-prosthetic exercises for use by physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, orthoprosthetists and others involved in the gait training of …
Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is an education programme that introduces young people between 13 and 18 years of age to the basic rules and principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). The …
People have gone missing as long as men have been fighting wars. The plight of people missing in armed conflict and the suffering of their families has been a consistent concern to the ICRC. This …
Report of the Second Universal Meeting of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law, March 19-21 2007. The issue of missing persons, in particular, has become a growing concern over the …
Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades. These weapons have unique characteristics that make them a grave danger to civilians. These four fact sheets provide an overview of the …
This report provides an account of the January 2014 thematic consultation of government experts on conditions of detention and particularly vulnerable detainees. The consultation was part of the …
At the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, a vocational training area was transformed into an isolation ward for COVID-19 suspects and patients with mild and moderate symptoms. The ICRC provided …
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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.
