As the issue of pardons for individuals accused or convicted of war crimes receives increased attention in the United States, the ICRC is taking the opportunity to explain what the law says. Pardons: …
"We fled with nothing but with our lives. Everything we had was destroyed before our eyes," says Abdulkadir Mohammed, 48, who is among hundred thousands of people displaced as a result of ethnic …
Statement Briefing by ICRC President Peter Maurer to UN Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict : Missing Persons in Armed Conflict Some of the most horrific consequences of …
What’s 70 years old? Has saved millions of lives? And, continues to protect people? The Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions are a vital global pledge born out of the kind of suffering we see …
“This is the first time the MoEM has organized such a seminar since its establishment in 2018. We have many possibilities for cooperation under the umbrella of the 'Belt and Road Initiative' (B&R). …
Celebrating the Geneva Conventions and Building respect for IHL: A Commonwealth Perspective On 10-14 June 2019, over 140 representatives of 37 Commonwealth countries and 28 National Red Cross and Red …
Ethiopian Red Cross Society deputy secretary general, Engida Mandefro, addressing participants of the training. “The training would help participants to handle the duty of body management in a better …
Peter Maurer, joined by other officials of the organization, are warmly welcomed by staff and volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross chapter in Marawi upon their arrival at the ICRC water and …
The ICRC, like many organizations across different sectors and regions, is grappling with the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for its work. Since these are software …
The impact of armed conflict on the natural environment is often acknowledged, but its scale is largely underestimated. From 1946 to 2010, conflict was the single most important predictor of declines …
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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.
