When Grace* arrived at the Maiwut Primary Health Care Centre in South Sudan's northeast region she was in extreme pain and distress. Little did she know that she was actually in labour and about to …
26-04-2023 Pristina (ICRC) – More than 20 years after the armed conflict in Kosovo, over 1'600 people who went missing during the war remain unaccounted for. It is a tragedy for thousands of …
Statement given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the ICRC, at the Luxembourg Autonomous Weapons Systems Conference. ICRC President addresses the potential dangers of unconstrained use of autonomous …
The ICRC Regional Delegation in Budapest participated in the March of the Living, an annual commemoration and walk, marking the Day of the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust on Sunday 16 April. The …
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first international legally binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons and mitigating their catastrophic humanitarian …
The Brussels delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized an introductory training session on international humanitarian law (IHL) for staff members of the …
25-04-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The reported temporary ceasefire in Sudan is a potential lifesaver for civilians who have been trapped in their homes without the ability to access food, clean water, and …
Several attacks took place in the early morning hours of Saturday, 22 April 2023, in Sévaré, a city near Mopti in central Mali. More than 60 wounded people were admitted to Mopti's Sominé Dolo …
Livestock in Afar region in Ethiopia Animals assembled for vaccination in Erebti, Afar region in Ethiopia. Alemseged Kiflu Livestock represents an important source of income For these pastoral …
21-04-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – A statement from Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross: “For the last week the world has watched in horror at the appalling …
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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.
