Preparatory Committee for the Eighth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and …
Relatives of missing persons, those displaced by violence, victims of landmines, communities with no water supply, prisoners and many more people: they teach us the importance of humanitarian work. …
08-08-2016 Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply saddened by the horrific attack on Civil Hospital Quetta today that has killed over 50 people and …
Over 60 participants from 18 countries gathered in Hiroshima for an annual regional seminar aiming to strengthen knowledge of the law applicable to armed conflicts (also known as International …
The ICRC's role in prisons is to monitor conditions of detention and the treatment of detainees, and to ensure respect for a prisoner's right to a fair trial, fair treatment and judicial guarantees …
Syrian refugee camp in al-Sahel, Akkar, north Lebanon. The Sahel region in Akkar is home to nearly 72,000 Lebanese citizens and has taken in more than 60,000 Syrian refugees since the start of the …
Usaid Taki Al Deen Abed Al Baset from Hebron in the West Bank is 6 years old and has been playing chess for a year. “I love chess because it helps me develop my mind, my time management skills and my …
ACTIVITY/ DATE/ VENUE/ LEAD AGENCIES Official opening of IHL Month Celebration 2016: 1 August 2016, DND Lobby, DND/ AFP Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of the photo exhibit: 1 August 2016, DND …
04-08-2016 PORT MORESBY (ICRC) – It is essential that officers in the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary learn to understand and apply international policing standards and human rights law, Police …
The 4th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict took place at Pembroke College, Oxford University on July 20 -21st July. As in previous years, this two-day event brought …
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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.
