Supporting the future of Syria and the region
Brussels III conference, 12-14 March 2019, speech by ICRC President, Peter Maurer Syria is going through a period of transition with immense challenges. The fighting continues in some parts and the …
Brussels III conference, 12-14 March 2019, speech by ICRC President, Peter Maurer Syria is going through a period of transition with immense challenges. The fighting continues in some parts and the …
Kuwait (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is participating in the Middle East Psychological Association’s conference from 14 to 16 March in Kuwait, to discuss the impact of armed …
It has been five months since an earthquake and ensuing tsunami and soil liquefactions caused havoc in several parts of Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi. But the gruesome scenes of death and destruction …
The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot for Asia Pacific region, co-organized by the international Committee of the Red Cross and the Hong Kong Red Cross, concluded in Hong Kong. …
That day nine words changed her life. “Dear Mother. How are you? We are in Bangladesh.” Some months ago, Adere Begum* would not have known that one day just nine words would change her life. But …
Seventy years on, the Geneva Conventions are much more than a legacy, or simply something to be proud of and commemorate. A lot has been achieved since 1949...But much more needs to be done... Read …
President's address at the Graduate Institute, Geneva Destroyed buildings in Mosul, Iraq. CC BY-NC-ND/ ICRC/ Clare Cameron It's always a pleasure to speak at the Graduate Institute and with an …
Due to its unique mandate, the ICRC enjoys specific privileges and immunities under international and domestic law. But why exactly does the ICRC need them? Knut Dörmann, the ICRC's chief legal …
A spike in violence has seen tens of thousands of people uprooted from their communities in north-eastern Nigeria. The influx of people to urban centres has placed additional strain on limited …
Geneva (ICRC) – The family members of 23 people, who were unaccounted for in connection with the armed conflicts of 1990s and August 2008, were informed that their loved ones were positively …
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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.