04-07-2019 Geneva - An update from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the situation in the Al Hol camp for displaced people in north-eastern Syria : “The medical needs in Al Hol …
In November 2018, the Lebanese Parliament passed Law 105, the Law on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, a step forward in providing answers to the families of the missing . Law 105 foresees the …
In February 2019, more than 100 families were forced to flee their homes because of armed clashes in Bukidnon province , northern Mindanao, Philippines . The displaced families , mostly members of …
Over 60 special military officers and commanders attended a lecture on Global Humanitarian Activities of ICRC and International Humanitarian Law at Seoul on 10 April. The lecture was part of a series …
Fifteen children from communities in Azerbaijan affected by armed conflict had the once in a lifetime opportunity to play a football match on a UEFA pitch and watch the final match of the UEFA Europa …
Protection of civilians was at the core of the international conference on Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century co-organized by the International Committee …
ICRC and ERCS partner to help returnees improve their food security "We are very happy with the seeds and tools we received from the Red Cross as it will help us to cultivate our farms and secure …
Sarajevo (ICRC) – A workshop titled Supporting and Strengthening Work with Relatives of Missing Persons will take place on 2 and 3 July 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina . Organized by the …
28-06-2019 Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani and an Armenian citizen were repatriated today in an operation carried out with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The …
A four-day course to help raise awareness among key stakeholders on the importance of detention health as a public health issue was held from 25 to 28 June 2019 in Makati City. Customized for …
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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.
