Every day people go missing as a result of armed conflict, other situations of violence, natural disasters or in the context of migration. Their relatives suffer great anguish not knowing what has …
29-03-2019 Geneva (ICRC) - As flood-waters from Cyclone Idai recede, the scale of the devastation left behind is becoming clearer. But, worryingly, some of the hardest hit communities remain cut off …
Fartun Nur Abdulle, 25, Dusamareb, Galgaduud region. Experience as a midwife: Three years Fartun holds a dummy baby during an obstetrics training held in Nairobi for SRCS midwives. “My mother …
Humanitarian challenges in 2019 Christoph Harnisch Head of the ICRC delegation in Colombia The humanitarian situation in Colombia is becoming increasingly complex as a result of the …
Delivered by Robert Mardini, Permanent observer to the UN and head of delegation, ICRC NYC Today, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2462. In this resolution, Council members upheld …
28-03-2019 The ICRC reports on its main humanitarian concerns in the country Bogotá - Deteriorating security conditions in the country´s most remote areas; at least five ongoing internal armed …
"Dis law for fight na im dey protect pipol wey no dey fight." That is the Nigerian Pidgin for "These universal laws of war protect those not fighting." The Rules of war (in a nutshell) video now has …
Dignity is a key concept in humanitarian action. Throughout the past two decades, the term ‘dignity’ has appeared in most humanitarian policy and programme documents and donor requirements. It has …
The voices of survivors must be heard and placed at the heart of efforts to tackle sexual violence in conflicts around the world, the ICRC's president told a major conference on 26 March 2019. Peter …
An update from the ICRC on the conditions of migrants in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Venezuelans migrating into neighbouring countries often walk thousands of kilometers in search of …
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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.
