Each year the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Gulf Cooperation Countries conducts activities across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The ICRC works to promote and ensure …
The day Mariel Havana has long been waiting for is finally here. After years of struggle, her village, Kasapa II in Agusan del Sur, Philippines, now has its own clinic where residents can seek …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is organizing its 34th surgical seminar in Geneva. Date: From Sunday 11 December to Friday 16 December Place: Ecogia training centre in Versoix …
09-12-2022 New York (ICRC) - Today is an important day in the history of humanitarian action. The Security Council adopted a legally binding resolution on Friday that protects humanitarian activities …
Glenda Aldor, one of the grade 8 students at Wabi School. "I was doing grade 8 when fight broke out. When it happened, I left everything and ran away with my parents. My books, pens, and everything …
Within the framework of its assistance program around the world, the ICRC invites suppliers to tender for the supply of electrical items for premises through an online ordering system managed by the …
New York (ICRC) – A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Mrs. Laëtitia Courtois, permanent Observer and head of delegation to the U.N., to the United Nations …
ICRC statement on International Law in the inter-sessional meeting of the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies, 7 December 2022. Ambassador Gafoor, …
Over 3,600 service users, 17,630 physiotherapy sessions, 1,100 prostheses and 11 repairmen training sessions across five physical rehabilitation facilities – that just about sums up 2022 for ICRC …
05-12-2022 Today, Monday, December 5th 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the results of the essay competition in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for Jordanian …
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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.
