ICRC statement given by Hugo Slim at the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Thank you, Chair. This year's Draft Resolution makes a powerful read. …
It is hard to imagine any conflict in the sleepy village of Zaitseve. Unfortunately, the rural community has spent the past 80 years steeped in violence – first during World War II, then in …
The Results of ICRC Writing Competition The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is proud to organize for the first time a writing competition in Arabic to engage Arabic-speaking scholars …
As a reflection of increasing cooperation, staff and volunteers from the Irish Red Cross (IRC), the British Red Cross (BRC) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mission to the UK and …
African forensic science experts have started exploring latest techniques and approaches ensuring the dignified identification and management of the dead to enable them to help communities affected …
The Advanced IHL Learning Series are addressed to lecturers and trainers who wish to update their knowledge of the latest developments and challenges in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other …
In times of war, religious leaders can play a vital role in strengthening respect for human dignity, especially in times of protracted conflicts and polarization. International Humanitarian Law …
Geneva (ICRC)–"Families of those who have died in armed conflict are entitled to have their loved ones identified – this is a requirement under international humanitarian law," said Laurent Corbaz, …
Merima Musa is a mother of five children whose farm fields were in danger of lying empty. The family, already buffeted by the effects of both repeated poor rains and intercommunal clashes, had …
Speech delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer to the 1st Annual Grand Bargain Meeting, 20 June 2017, Geneva The one-year anniversary of the Grand Bargain is a time to take stock and look at next …
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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.
