Facts and figures for January to June 2017 In March 2017, the ICRC closed its last sub-office in Liberia located in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. The following month we ended our prison activities …
Ten teams from seven universities in the cities of Guayaquil, Ibarra and Quito took part in the Manuel Muñoz Borrero National Competition on International Humanitarian Law. The aim is to raise …
When you are interested in working for the ICRC and wish to apply to positions advertised you will be invited to create your HR profile on-line . Once you have done that and are applying for a …
05-09-2017 Geneva (ICRC) – Two ICRC staff members who were abducted in February this year in Jawzjan province have been released. "We are relieved and grateful that our colleagues are now back with …
Maji Kying Nang is among thousands to have been displaced from her home because of the fighting in Kachin. But she has been able to provide for her four children with the tailoring business she set …
It all started when even basic movement became difficult for her. For many years as a child, Kimsrea Ton used to feel a twinge in her kneecap when walking. She suffered from a weakness in her knee …
It's been 23 years since the signing of the ceasefire agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Thousands of families of the missing are still waiting for news of their loved ones. Relatives of the …
The Red Cross emblem on a white background, fluttering in the wind, holds different meaning for different people. For a person in trouble, it signifies hope and comfort. For others, it conveys trust …
More than 80 police commanders from Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia provinces in central Mozambique participated in a two-day seminar in early August on international rules and standards on …
Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Geneva, Switzerland. Address by Dr Helen Durham, ICRC director of international law and policy. The Convention on Cluster …
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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.
