The ICRC started a film club at its recently opened Humanitarium Centre in Moscow, because, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. In the new club, a film is screened and what …
During armed conflict, even the most basic tenets of the law of armed conflict are often violated. How can one ensure that respect for human life and dignity remains a common concern by all sides to …
In Barangay Calateo, Juban municipality in Sorsogon, Juanita Janoras tends to her seven-month-old pig whom she nicknamed "Sharon". Sharon is expected to deliver her first litter of piglets, and with …
22-08-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appealed for States around the world to cease the supply of arms and ammunition to parties to …
Speech given by Ms Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the ICRC, at the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in Geneva. On behalf of the International Committee of the Red …
5:00 am, Pakistan: Rise and shine A staff member of the Pakistan Red Crescent gets up and going after spending the night at a local school. He’s on his way to a relief camp set up for evacuees after …
Traditional rules of warfare, the conduct of hostilities, and the categories of people and objects protected during war were among the issues discussed at a round table for academics that concluded …
This striking exhibition showcases the devastating humanitarian toll exacted by landmines, unexploded cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) – weapons that remain a malign …
More than 9,000 of the people who fled to Russia's Krasnodar region from south-eastern Ukraine are receiving ICRC support. We're working with the Krasnodar branch of the Russian Red Cross to ensure …
On August 4, a team of 10 ICRC and Philippine Red Cross staff and volunteers from the Agusan del Sur chapter set out to travel 50 kilometers from San Luis town to Sitio Tumalog in Barangay Zillovia, …
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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.
