A man storms into the operating theatre. He is angry and carrying a gun. His wife just died while giving birth despite all efforts by the doctors to save her. He raises his weapon and starts …
17-08-2017 Juba (ICRC) - The president of the ICRC arrived in South Sudan today to view the devastating effects that the country's continued violence is having on the millions of residents on the …
The group photo of lecturers and participants of “International Humanitarian Law Summer Session”, jointly held by Handong Global University and the ICRC, 8-11 August 2017 in Pohang (Republic of …
With over 20 million reliant on aid, Yemen is the world's single largest humanitarian crisis. Now it's in the grip of a deadly cholera outbreak. On 5 May, the Ministry of Health and Population in …
Approximately one third of the people living in Deim Zubeir are displaced from Raja, Korogana and Sopo. They live in makeshift camps and came with very little. Some have moved up to three times …
Two convicts start their working day in the Niébé fields. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sidi B. Diarra Niébé, this bean originally from Western Africa, grows on 05 hectares (12.5 acres) of the penitentiary …
15-08-2017 Beijing/Ulaanbaatar (ICRC) – A three-day training course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) aiming at boosting the regional coordination in humanitarian response, opens today in …
War surgery consists of treating victims of armed conflicts and violence who were injured by weapons. From 10 to 23 May 2017, 50 medical doctors, who were undergoing specialized surgical training, …
Like other traders his age, 19-year-old Souleymane has sold his wares in several market fairs in the Gao region. In 2016, his life took a turn for the worse when he ended up with an amputated right …
The affection Soaka* still had for her son was clear. Stepping from a Correctional Services bus in Kinabot, East New Britain, Rabbie* extended his right hand. Soaka ignored the gesture and went …
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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.
