11-05-2024 Beijing (ICRC) – The Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, concluded a 3-day visit to China on May 9, 2024. In his first visit …
Daw Be Be* knows how precious a single phone call with a loved one can be. Living on the outskirts of Sittwe Town in Rakhine State, Myanmar, where transport and communication networks have been …
The African Union Commission (AUC), in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), hosted a roundtable discussion on the ongoing challenges posed by landmines and Explosive …
On May 8, 2024, the Red Cross Society of China celebrated its 120th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Pierre Krähenbühl, the new Director-General of the International …
Joint message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day from the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). BAGHDAD, May 8, 2024 – In a world inundated …
On 8 May, we commemorate World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, and celebrate local to global humanitarian action. It is a day when we honour the legacy of Henry Dunant, the pioneering volunteer who …
07-05-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned in February that a significant Israeli military operation in Rafah would pose a disastrous risk to the civilian …
This is an executive summary of the Evaluation of the Community Contact Centers (CCCs). The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the CCCs as part of the ICRC's architecture for AAP in order to …
Post-traumatic stress, insomnia, becoming withdrawn and irritable … For people who have witnessed violence, there are the hidden wounds that have a serious impact on their lives – and civilians in …
I would like to thank the Austrian government, and His Excellency Minister Schallenberg in particular, for organizing this conference at such a critical juncture. It is both a privilege and a …
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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.
