08-11-2015 Kiev / Donetsk – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a round-table discussion on 7 November in Donetsk with key stakeholders on searching for dead bodies and on …
General debate on the Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects. United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Fourth Committee, item 56 of the …
United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Third Committee, item 65 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, November 2015. General discussion on the Report of the United Nations High …
Since mid-2014, the ICRC and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) have been working together on a community-based livelihood support programme to help the most vulnerable households in the …
06-11-2015 Geneva / Bangui – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned by intensifying violence in the Central African Republic . The organization calls upon all parties …
Every day, hundreds of refugees and migrants are forced to flee conflict and violence, seeking safety and security for themselves and their families. Too often, their routes are dangerous and paved …
05-11-2015 Beirut / Tyre – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a three-day course from 3 to 5 November 2015 on the management of emergency-room trauma at the Ragheb Harb hospital …
Ambulance drivers and first aiders are often a patient's first contact to health-care services. To guarantee the provision of quality care to the sick and wounded, even in challenging conditions, …
UPDATE: The deadline for the Young Humanitarian Writers Competition has now been extended to 30 November. Application details are outlined below. Calling all writers – professional or just passionate …
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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.
