Speech given by Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. Launch of the Handbook 'Management of limb injuries during disasters and conflicts' For the millions of people who are trapped within the …
Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or …
Mamadou (right) is seen in this picture with his wife Kadhy. He was 55 years old when he went missing in 2006. His wife still keeps her husband's carpenter tools, which she shows laid out on a mat. …
16-12-2016 The tenth meeting of the coordination mechanism for clarifying the fate and whereabouts of people who have been missing since the conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 and their aftermath …
Statement of the ICRC to the Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed …
Beijing (ICRC) – A new survey , on how people around the world perceive a range of issues relating to war, was presented to representatives of Chinese media during a briefing event held today at the …
15-12-2016 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria, Marianne Gasser, has said it could take days to complete the evacuation operation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, Journée du Souvenir, Geneva, Switzerland. I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to you all for being present today in Geneva at the …
The game clock was ticking down when a sharp-shooting player from the Addis Ababa wheelchair basketball team threw up a well-aimed shot. A game-winning score! Alemu Yosef couldn’t hide his …
States' obligations to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law States have the primary responsibility, in all circumstances, to respect and ensure respect for international …
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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.
