Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Prize No recipient has been awarded the Peace Prize as many times as the ICRC. In 1901, the first ever Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Dunant, founder of the Red …
Experts from 21 countries deliberated upon operational aspects of the law of naval warfare and current issues relating to humanitarian action at sea during a regional workshop in Kuala Lumpur. …
The Annual Report 2016 is an account of the field activities the ICRC conducted worldwide over the year. These activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of …
From 18-24 April 2017 the ICRC convened professionals and policy makers in the humanitarian sector from across the world, for the 21st ICRC Course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for …
The fighting continues in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur; and now, more than 200,000 people have been displaced. Below is the third update regarding the humanitarian situation and needs on the ground, …
03-06-2017 Geneva, Switzerland (ICRC) – Final preparations are underway ahead of work to identify the mortal remains of the unidentified Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery. Laurent Corbaz, …
In the coming days, Palestinians will mark half a century of life under the world’s longest-sustained military occupation in modern history. Over this period, the effects of the policies of …
Provincial capitol, Marawi City Those who try to leave the fighting in Marawi often do not have means to move out; public vehicles going into the city were also halted due to tightened security. As …
Christian Cardon, ICRC head of mission in Jerusalem and the West Bank Jerusalem - I have lived alongside Palestinians at different stages in my life. I have met them in their diaspora and I have …
Signature of the AP to the GCs of 12 August 1949 / LEBLANC, GÉRARD On 8 June 2017, the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 will turn 40. To mark this anniversary, the ICRC will …
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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.
