It is a well-known fact that India has been a long-standing recipient of aid from developed countries; but what is lesser known is its own role as a donor for development assistance to other …
24-11-2014 Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed an agreement today that formalizes the relations the ICRC has had with Morocco …
With the armed conflict in Iraq intensifying and expanding, the number of displaced Iraqis is estimated to have reached 2 million. Winter is arriving, and it will become very cold in some areas, …
Widespread sexual violence unfortunately remains a largely invisible phenomenon due to cultural taboos, feelings of shame or fear of retaliation. Its prevalence and its consequences are thus vastly …
Deprivation of liberty - detention - is a common and lawful occurrence in armed conflict that is governed by a large number of provisions of international humanitarian law (IHL). Like other bodies of …
26-11-2014 Kuwait (ICRC) – At a three-day regional seminar in Kuwait that ended today, prison authorities and health professionals came together to discuss mechanisms to improve health care in places …
It's not the media's job to look after the sick and wounded, but they play a vital role in times of war and disaster. By shining a spotlight on the misery, the media stops the world from looking the …
26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking its donors for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.26 billion euros, or 1.68 billion US dollars) to help …
The series "My experience with the ICRC in Yemen" reflects a range of Muslim traditions, giving us the views of Islamic scholars in Yemen on the question of international humanitarian law and Islam, …
The ICRC has put together a record operational budget for 2015 of over 1.3 billion Swiss francs, up 25% on last year's figure. Presenting the budget to the international donor community in Geneva, …
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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.
