"It has been 24 years of sheer hell for my family. The first few years after he went missing, we did not know if my father was alive or dead. Once we heard about his death, we did not know where he …
Oct. 25, 2017, China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing. The Afghan national wheelchair basketball team, supported by the ICRC, are doing warm-up exercises before their …
The booth of the ICRC is set up by colleagues who arrive on the spot early in the morning. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC The ICRC’s booth packed with enthusiastic visitors not long after the sale started. CC …
07-11-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for Yemen's air, sea and land borders to be kept open to allow vital humanitarian supplies to …
07-11-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC this week launches a new phase in its public awareness campaign on the need and relevance of the laws of war. Today a hard-hitting video shockingly reminds us that …
For three days, 13 teams from eight universities tested their knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) in fictional armed conflict and other scenarios put together during the 3rd IHL Role …
Since August 2017, more than 600.000 people have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar fleeing violence in Rakhine State . After walking for several days or taking a boat, they often arrive exhausted …
Statutory Meetings of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement 2017. Statement by the ICRC President, Peter Maurer Welcome to the Statutory Meetings of the International Red Cross and Red …
Sudan: ex-detainee held by armed group speaks about experience The International Committee of the Red Cross played the role of neutral intermediary in a handover operation in March 2017 that saw the …
USYAN, Farshad/ICRC Course description Organized by the ICRC, this immersive five-day course in international humanitarian law (IHL) is open to humanitarian practitioners who wish to become …
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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.
