"Interoperability" was an issue that generated considerable debate during the negotiation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). This term refers to the ability of armed forces or other State …
The year 2021 has been an interesting one for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. From formalizing partnerships with emergency responders, creating spaces for dialogue on …
21-01-2022 Facilities used for detention in Sa’ada, Yemen, were hit early this morning, killing and injuring over a hundred detainees, and emergency workers were searching for victims amidst the …
In 2021, the ICRC launched a project to reduce the sustainable risk of the distributed items distributed. Through this Request for Information (RfI), the ICRC is seeking to identify qualified, …
Full text of the statement issued by the ICRC on 5 September 1945, in the light of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which brought the war to an end. There can be no doubt that war, an …
Expert meeting report: This publication is a summary report of the second and final ICRC expert meeting on so called "incapacitating chemical agents", which was held from 24 to 26 April 2012 in …
Model instruments of ratification / accession. Model of an instrument of ratification [acceptance or approval] (for States that signed the Statute by 31.12.2000) WHEREAS the Rome Statute of the …
Text of Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Article 8 War crimes 1. The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan …
Speech delivered by Chris Harland, ICRC legal adviser, on the occasion of the launch of the Study of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate on the i nterrelationship …
The promulgation of the Law on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons (or Law 105) in November 2018 marked a significant milestone for the families, authorities, and Lebanese society. In light …
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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.
