11-12-2015 The 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has closed with a call for greater collaboration between States, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders to …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the largest humanitarian network in the world. Our mission is to alleviate human suffering, protect life and health, and uphold human dignity …
10-12-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – After four years of extensive consultations, States have been unable to agree on a new mechanism proposed by the ICRC and the government of Switzerland to strengthen …
More than a million refugees and migrants have made the dangerous journey to Europe since 2013, fleeing war or poverty. Today, most transit through eastern Europe, arriving in Greece and then passing …
This brochure is designed to acquaint the general audience with the red cross, red crescent and red crystal emblems, and to emphasize the importance of respecting them. It explains the protective …
As winter sets in, thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan worry that their suffering will only increase with the falling temperatures. Bracing for another harsh winter away from their homes, staying …
Nadia Abdulmajid Al Doqo has been displaced multiple times within Syria as a result of fighting, but is determined to make a living for herself and her grandson who suffers from epilepsy. Read more: …
09-12-2015 Governments as well as aid and humanitarian organizations need to do more to protect and promote the dignity and safety of all migrants, and to ensure their access to essential services. …
A wide area of northern Nigeria is suffering the effects of fighting between Boko Haram and Nigerian armed forces. More than 40,000 people fled to neighbouring Cameroon. By the time they returned, …
The ICRC and the National University of Malaysia hosted an inaugural International Humanitarian Law (IHL) role play competition from 23 to 25 October 2015. In this miniature version of 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.
