“Waiting is just one word, yet it is full of despair and pain. I have been waiting since the first day of the war, and I will never stop waiting because I will only start living again when the most …
Since 1992, the ICRC has been carrying out humanitarian work in the region to assist people affected by the conflict, promote the dissemination and implementation of the international humanitarian …
27-09-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The 20th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism, seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August …
As the new school year started recently in Ukraine, now tragically one of the most weapon-contaminated countries in the world, the focus extends beyond academics. The pervasive presence of explosive …
Joint Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the occasion of the International Day for the Total …
Following the recent escalation in Lebanon, civilian deaths and injuries continue to rise. Entire families have been forced to flee their homes with little time to gather belongings, leaving behind …
Life in Syria’s Al Hol camp was a daily struggle for Sevda* and her four children. After her husband went missing in connection with the conflict in the region, Sevda was left to fend for the family. …
Building a culture of compliance for IHL to protect humanity in today’s and future conflicts This is the sixth report on international humanitarian law (IHL) and the challenges of contemporary armed …
25-09-2024 In accordance with its humanitarian mandate and as a neutral and impartial intermediary, the ICRC is ready to carry out further forensic work on the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) with …
Speech by Mirjana Spoljaric at the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Signing Ceremony, 24 September 2024 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to stand before you …
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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.
