Story behind the exhibits - the ICRC's work in Rwanda in 2004
Pierre Dorbes, head of delegation of the ICRC Regional Delegation of East Asia, talks about his work in Rwanda in …
Pierre Dorbes, head of delegation of the ICRC Regional Delegation of East Asia, talks about his work in Rwanda in …
Have patience my daughter. We will be together again one day. With these words, Sa'adeya comforted her daughter Iqra'a when she spoke to her by telephone for the first time since losing contact with …
16-11-2016 A seminar that aims to highlight the common ground between international humanitarian law (IHL) and its equivalent in Islamic tradition and jurisprudence is being held today at the …
United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Sixth Committee, Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of Its sixty-eighth session (A/71/100), October – November 2016. Statements by …
Journalists from across East Asia discussed challenges to responsible and humanitarian journalism in the age of new media during a two-day meeting in Dhaka. The October event was organized by the …
As global levels of forced displacement reach a record high, a two-day conference in London asked how lessons from the past can help find solutions to the present crisis. An estimated 65 million …
BBC recently visited the Al-Shikhan hospital, once a daily health-care provider now a medical facility on the frontline. Watch the video on the BBC website: …
Zamzam Murshed Zamzam and her three children are displaced. They have taken up residence in her old father’s tent. In the absence of a breadwinner, their living conditions are very hard. “My husband …
Fifteen students from across Ethiopia celebrated their graduation from a three-year programme at the Orthopaedic Vocational and Educational Training College (OTVETC) in Addis Ababa earlier this …
Many people have had to flee their homes because of the conflict in Ukraine . The ICRC is helping them, working in cooperation with local Red Cross branches and local authorities. From January to …
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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.