Manila (ICRC) – The deep scars left by the 2017 conflict in Marawi City , Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines, continue to haunt over 100,000 people who still do not have a home to return to. …
In 2018, the high levels of violence in Mexico continued to cause suffering and had serious humanitarian consequences. The violence resulted in people being killed (34,202 in 2018, i.e. 23.10 for …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Danish Red Cross, Novo Nordisk, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, the Permanent Mission of …
On 8 May 2019, the ICRC with the University of the Philippines (UP) co-hosted in Manila the first meeting of the Board of Experts for the 'new and improved' Asia-Pacific Journal on International …
19-05-2019 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered a 100,000-euro cash donation to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and allocated another 300,000 euros for the National …
A new exhibition on Yemen has opened in Manchester showcasing objects and items from the war-torn country. Yemen: Inside a crisis seeks to explore how conflict has impacted the lives of Yemenis …
Dr Dimarin Dimatingcal is 63 and retirement is not a thought crossing his mind. There are also no off days or weekends in his books. For the last 25 years, every day Dr Dimatingcal has been walking …
Several years ago, young children were mesmerized by the appearance of a four-wheel drive vehicle that sped into their community with a group of armed men. The truck crisscrossed the main …
Displacement is part and parcel of war and one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time. This study shows that international humanitarian law (IHL) needs to be an integral part of …
15-05-2019 As days of rain, flood-waters and high winds from Cyclone Kenneth recede, the catastrophic destruction left behind is becoming clearer. Tens of thousands of people are homeless and little …
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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.
