The ICRC conducted two emergency room trauma courses for a total of 48 doctors in Pyongyang. The three-day courses were organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health and the DPRK Red …
Many migrants lose touch with their families at some point in their journey. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement helps them restore contact. This video presents the experiences of …
Mauritius ratified the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in 2015. While the country is unlikely to experience the consequences of armed conflict, Mauritius has …
Speech given by Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at the 31st session of the Human Rights Council. One of my first field missions as president of the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence are the guiding principles for humanitarian action for most organisations operating in complex emergencies. But how easy are they to put into …
01-03-2016 Clashes between government security forces and armed groups in the Maguindanao province of Mindanao have continued into their fourth week, causing displacement and casualties. "We are …
One-year-old Omar from Aleppo in Syria has rejoined his refugee parents in England after a four-month separation, thanks to the combined efforts of the British Red Cross and the ICRC's Beirut …
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are still waiting to return home and resume normal life. Already severely weakened by the effects of the conflict , …
26-02-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has urged the parties to the Syrian conflict to allow aid deliveries to all people in need and to …
26-02-2016 Kiev/Donetsk (ICRC) – Today, nine detainees held in connection with the conflict in Ukraine were released and transferred back to their place of origin. The handover took place with the …
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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.
