The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has had a negative impact on the affected population’s access to education. In some cases, residents of communities located in exposed areas do not send their children …
150 years ago, the St. Petersburg Declaration was signed. The most influential States of the time agreed to ban bullets which explode upon touching a human body, causing extreme injuries and …
Over 12,000 people in Central Mindanao and Lanao del Sur have been deprived of stable income due to continued displacement caused by protracted armed conflict. These affected families received cash …
28-11-2018 Public statement from Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): Relentless, high-casualty attacks in Afghanistan are beating down Afghans’ morale. …
It's going to be destination Hong Kong for the law students of Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR), Bandung, Indonesia, who won the national round of the 2018 International Humanitarian Law Moot …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with the Republic of Korea's (ROK) ministry of foreign affairs conducted the first-ever workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL) …
Fourth Review Conference, 21–30 November 2018, The Hague, the Netherlands The ICRC is pleased to have this opportunity to address the States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention at this Fourth …
Olivia Hill has worked in numerous humanitarian emergencies across the world. The British midwife has just finished a year long mission with the ICRC in Myanmar and looks back on her time in the …
Borders were created to protect States and their citizens. Border management should also take into account humanitarian considerations including on issues related to immigration detention, use of …
On 26 November 2018, the ICRC and the University of Laval invite leading experts for an interactive panel discussion to launch their recent report on 'The Principle of Proportionality in the Rules …
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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.
