02-10-2015 Manila (ICRC) – Over 30 surgeons, anaesthesiologists and physicians from private and government hospitals are participating in a three-day training course to enhance their capacity to …
European Parliament Information Office in Belgium (c) ICRC / Frédéric Joli Exhibition at the European Parliament (c) ICRC / Alexander De Jaeger (c) ICRC / Frédéric Joli Enrique Guerrero, Standing …
This weekend marks the 22nd anniversary of the "Battle of Mogadishu," during which an American special operations team was sent into the Somali capital on 3 October 1993 to arrest two top lieutenants …
With a view to facilitating implementation of the rules of international humanitarian law at the national level, the ICRC’s Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law proposes model laws / …
Fighting has forced 4,000 people to flee their homes. They've all congregated in one place. Humanitarian agencies are busy setting up a temporary camp. Priority number one: clean, safe drinking …
The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army has forced more two million people to flee their homes. The number of Nigerian women left widowed is …
Recent years have again seen the rise of non-State armed groups resorting to acts of terrorism, and the subsequent rallying of a number of other non-State armed groups around them. States and the …
Cholera is a killer. More than 1,700 cases -- including 46 deaths -- have been reported since June this year in South Sudan, with the capital Juba and Bor in Jonglei state being the hardest hit. The …
The ICRC's Advisory Service proposes model instruments for the ratification of or accession to international humanitarian law treaties by States. 1 - Weapons Anti-personnel mines 1997 Convention on …
This booklet provides an overview of the work we do at the ICRC and the contemporary challenges we face in pursuing our humanitarian mission. Discover the ICRC through the eyes of five staff members, …
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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.
