Surgery for Victims of War
This handbook summarizes the experience of leading practitioners in the field of war surgery and is intended to help military and civilian surgical teams treat people wounded in armed conflicts. It …
This handbook summarizes the experience of leading practitioners in the field of war surgery and is intended to help military and civilian surgical teams treat people wounded in armed conflicts. It …
What is international humanitarian law (IHL)? Why is it important? How and who does it protect? Simple and concise answers to these and other related questions are given in this leaflet, including a …
On 14 May 2020, more than 40 lecturers from Alkhairaat University and State Institute of Islamic Studies Datokarama, in Palu, participated in a webinar on COVID-19: Religions, Health Issues and …
Recent changes to working conditions have increased the use of online conferencing tools throughout the humanitarian sector. These conferencing technologies are invaluable when face-to-face meetings …
This report lays out the extensive discussions and conclusions of a workshop co-organised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 by the ICRC and the Grupo de Acción Comunitaria (GAC). It …
This article explains the rationale behind a study on customary international humanitarian law recently undertaken by the ICRC at the request of the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red …
This report lays out the extensive discussions and conclusions of a workshop co-organised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 by the ICRC and the Grupo de Acción Comunitaria (GAC). It …
An account of Dr Junod's experiences between 1935 and 1945 on missions which took him first to Abyssinia and air raids with mustard gas bombs, then to Spain, Poland, Germany and lastly to Japan, …
The increased risk that civilians face due to the current inadequate controls on arms availability, combined with the frequent use of weapons in violation of international humanitarian law are …
These booklets are pocket-sized so that combatants can carry them along and consult the rules on the spot, thus enabling them to act advisedly and to avoid making mistakes which might have very …
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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.