Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law
Islamic law is the bedrock of Islam and one of the three major legal systems in the world today. Owing to its unique characteristics, some parties to armed conflict continue to refer to Islamic law …
Islamic law is the bedrock of Islam and one of the three major legal systems in the world today. Owing to its unique characteristics, some parties to armed conflict continue to refer to Islamic law …
05-09-2018 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the media development organizations Fondation Hirondelle and Internews, respectively, to …
After a freak accident turned 29-year-old Sai Kay's life upside down, a chance meeting with an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) led to his miraculous recovery. Sai Kay, …
Two in every thousand children worldwide are born with clubfoot, a congenital disorder that seriously affects mobility. The ratio is much higher in lower income countries, like Pakistan, where an …
On the occasion of the 18th annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law, co-hosted by the ICRC and the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, the Pretoria …
Government representatives from 14 Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Island States, gathered in Pretoria, South Africa, from 4 to 7 September 2018 for the 18th edition of the Annual Regional Seminar …
09-09-2018 BAGHDAD (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross is increasingly concerned by the deterioration of the security situation in Basra. The deaths of civilians and the growing …
Money is the main means of survival for most people around the world. That remains the case in situations of armed conflict, when having cash to buy essential goods can mean the difference between …
The 2018 Northeast Asia Training Course for university lecturers on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), co-hosted by the ICRC and Korea University School of Law, took place at Korea University in …
Geneva (ICRC) – The signing of a peace agreement between South Sudan's warring parties is a hopeful sign that a sustainable solution can be found for a conflict that has had tragic consequences for …
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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.