The fact that prison might act as a "school of crime" is not a new idea. It has taken a fresh turn in the wake of recent terror attacks, where the perpetrators' experience in prison was believed to …
We are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and we have been working in parts of Colombia affected by the conflict and other armed violence for more than 40 years. It is the victims’ …
Christina is raising awareness on how to maintain hygiene in difficult conditions. "When the violence started I came to the Red Cross compound with my little daughter. We still can’t return home. We …
08-07-2016 Kiev (ICRC) – Ongoing shelling in the Gorlovka area has seriously damaged water infrastructure critical to the livelihoods of more than 2 million people on both sides of the contact line. …
Companies operating in areas affected by armed conflict and violence face multiple security and human rights challenges. The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the …
In central Mindanao and in the Sulu archipelago, fighting between government security forces and armed opposition groups led to temporary displacement of thousands of civilians. Meanwhile, sporadic …
The latest round-up of activities carried out by the ICRC in Papua New Guinea features an update on our work of protecting and providing relief to vulnerable and needy people. Operational update 2015 …
July 2015 Work begins with the digging of the foundations. The local community provides the labour force. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Habibullah Husseini August and September 2015 Construction proceeds …
04-07-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that suffering in Syria and Iraq has reached 'unprecedented levels' and that many people, in …
01-07-2016 Beirut (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun collecting Biological Reference Samples (BRS) from the families of people who went missing during the Lebanese civil …
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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.
