21-03-2016 Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has unveiled major new guidance on the implementation of the Geneva Conventions, bolstering arguments that, despite violations, …
I've just finished a four-day visit to Afghanistan, meeting people who can help us to help the people of this beautiful but war-torn country. Each day, I shared a few of my impressions, both here and …
The ICRC has been training water technicians in Iraq since 2011. Clean water is hard to come by in the Iraqi countryside. Drought, falling water levels in the Tigris and the Euphrates, low water …
The ICRC has long worked to protect and assist internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world, as part of our mandate to help people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. …
China is a party to the Geneva Conventions and a full partner in dialogue with the ICRC, says ICRC president Peter Maurer in an interview with …
Conflict, drought and mismanagement are depriving people of water. The ICRC is training communities to operate and maintain their own water pumps and systems, ensuring that they enjoy a reliable …
19-03-2016 Joint statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Syrian Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This week marks five …
The ICRC has been improving sanitation and water supply in Aurora Jail, working with the provincial government of Aurora. We've been been visiting the inmates of Aurora Provincial Jail since 1992 and …
At a time when humanitarian action is facing mounting challenges across the Middle East, international humanitarian law urgently needs to be better known, understood and respected. Engaging with …
For over 30 years, the people of Afghanistan have lived in a state of near-constant violence. With almost one million displaced within their own country and countless others on the move, no segment …
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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.
