19-09-2016 Surabaya (ICRC) – The Indonesian Navy and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today opened the third Asia Pacific Workshop on the Law of Armed Conflict at Sea in Surabaya. …
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on "Global compact for responsibility sharing for refugees, respect for international law" at the UN Summit for …
19-09-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, will today call on world leaders to take stronger action to address the root causes of large movements …
The head of the ICRC's physical rehabilitation programme in Afghanistan, Alberto Cairo, visited Australia recently to launch the Canberra display of From Seeds of Destruction to Fields of Recovery – …
17-09-2016 Kiev / Lugansk (ICRC) – Today six detainees held in connection with the conflict in Ukraine were released with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and …
From 12-16 September 2016 the ICRC convened aid workers from across the world and the humanitarian sector, for the 20th ICRC Course on IHL for humanitarian practitioners and policy makers in …
Displaced Ukrainian children in southern Russia have received back-to-school kits from the ICRC. A new school year has started for many children displaced from eastern Ukraine to southern Russia. For …
15-09-2016 Jerusalem – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the deteriorating health of three Palestinian detainees, who are hospitalized in Israel. Mohammad Balbul, …
When this Palestinian refugee first built his house in Aytanieh, south Lebanon, he couldn't afford to install doors or a toilet to accommodate his daughters with special needs. Hussein, a father of …
In 2016, we have restored family links, improved access to water, and offered relief assistance. Our teams also visited detainees and worked to promote equal access to physical rehabilitation …
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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.
