05-11-2017 Bangui/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and saddened by the killing of one of its staff in the Central African Republic. Youssouf Atteipe, an …
People go missing during wars, natural disasters and migration. Driven solely by humanitarian motives, forensic experts working for the ICRC try to give the unidentified remains of the dead back …
Three years after they were set up, three physical rehabilitation centres have been handed over to the Indus Hospital Network by the ICRC. Over 14,000 people with disabilities have so far benefited …
General Debate on the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees, and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. United Nations General …
By knowing and referencing IHL, journalists not only enhance their reporting and foster better safety for themselves on the ground, but they also promote a better understanding of armed conflict …
Statement by Dominik Stillhart, director of global operations for the ICRC, on the humanitarian situation in Myanmar: Fear and uncertainty hover over victims of the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, …
Players, coaches, referees, and classifiers from across Ethiopia joined in Addis Ababa for a 10-day training course in wheelchair basketball. The first three days consisted of theoretical courses …
Fatima* My husband and I made our way to Bangladesh on a boat. We also had to walk a lot. It took us more than ten days since we had to find our way to the border. We lost everyone on the way, …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has reached out to over 40,000 people in Rakhine since violence broke out there on 25 August. Despite the challenges, help has reached not only …
His Excellency the President Major General (Ret’d) Jioji Konusi Konrote delivers his welcome address. “As a former UN peacekeeper, I can vouch that peacekeeping is a duty noble in service 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.
