Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first globally applicable multilateral agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons on the basis of international humanitarian …
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first globally applicable multilateral agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons on the basis of international humanitarian …
Urban violence affects people's mental health and psychosocial well-being. With the aim of strengthening the mental health and skills of Fortaleza´s public service professionals, who are the first to …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan recently supported TEDxIslamabad in organizing a Salon event, "Celebrating Heroes of Life". The event, which focused on promoting new …
12-06-2019 Tripoli (ICRC) – The conflict in Tripoli continues with no end in sight over two months after it began. Casualties are steadily mounting in the eastern and southern parts of the city, and …
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 …
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 war are …
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 …
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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.