Working in partnership with the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the ICRC continues to ensure that those affected by armed conflict and violence in Nigeria are given the assistance, livelihood sustaining …
The ICRC and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) jointly distributed emergency relief assistance from 21 to 22 February to people displaced by ethnic violence in Eastern Ethiopia. Some 690 …
This picture is all Jessina Kokai has to remember her son. The 43-year-old mother has registered a tracing case with the ICRC to help find her son Shepherd Murambi who went missing in 2016. Jessina …
If you've come to this page, it's because you either have, are interested in, or will be entering the competition. In a nutshell, the competition calls on students at accredited universities to …
Dear colleagues, Application reception for March is closed. Next course will be in Autumn. The ICRC, along with the Russian Humanitarian Mission (RHM), organized a course on safe behavior in …
04-03-2019 Geneva (ICRC) - An update from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the situation in the Al Hol camp for displaced people in north-eastern Syria : “While the …
A story of hope after displacement Halima Yahya (25 years old) fled Baga around early January this year with her husband (35 years old) and three children (seven, four and two years old). Back in …
The ICRC's assistance activities cover a wide range of domains, including restoring family links, aids to healthcare and shelter, just to name a few, but also distribution of food and Essential …
Q&A with Sophie Orr, regional director, Americas, on Venezuela. Q. What is the humanitarian situation in Venezuela? The situation has been complex for many months due to a multitude of factors: …
28-02-2019 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the China Disabled Person's Federation (CDPF) have agreed to further their cooperation in providing quality service to people with …
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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.
