First Foundation Course on International Humanitarian Law Presently, the world faces more than 40 instances of armed conflict and other situations of violence across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. …
Aysha Ibrahim is a mother of ten children who lives in Darolebu district, an area located in eastern Ethiopia, where ethnic Oromos and Somalis live alongside one another. The 42-year-old is among the …
Ramadan has always been a bustling time in Aleppo. Markets are full of people looking for food and produce for their fasting families. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC /Ali Youssef Abu Ahmad had to close his …
Delivered by ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord I am honoured to address the Security Council today on the topic at the heart of the ICRC's mission and mandate, and at the centre of all aspects of …
Diane from Saguiaran My husband and I didn’t know where to go, or whom to ask for help. We just followed the sea of people walking out of Marawi City. A year after the conflict, we still don’t have …
Manila (ICRC) – Around 230,000 people remain displaced and in need of stronger support one year after armed conflict broke out in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines. “Efforts to …
Statement A statement from International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer at the conclusion of a five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during which he met with …
Birhane Tsehay, butcher “With the grant provided by the ICRC, I am now running my own butcher shop. I have paid all the debts I had. I can cover my family’s needs. I was able to buy uniforms and …
On 17 May, the ICRC convened a panel discussion at the Humanitarium to discuss humanitarian issues around missing migrants and their families: What are their needs? What are the challenges? How to …
On 17 May, the ICRC convened a panel discussion at the Humanitarium to discuss humanitarian issues around missing migrants and their families: What are their needs? What are the challenges? How to …
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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.
