As well as bringing suffering to people in Nigeria, violence in the north-east of the country is having an unprecedented impact in neighbouring countries. "The deteriorating situation in north-east …
09-02-2015 Bamako / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the situation in northern Mali. The ICRC medical team at Gao regional hospital has …
The law provides an essential framework to ensure that the rights of victims of sexual violence are upheld as well as preventing its occurrence in the first place. This was the conclusion of a panel …
09-02-2015 Geneva – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is deeply saddened to learn of the death of two staff and one volunteer from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society. They were …
A summary of activities carried out by the ICRC in Afghanistan during 2014 Visiting detainees and maintaining family contact The ICRC visits detainees in Afghanistan and other countries around the …
09-02-2015 Following a volatile year in Afghanistan, 2015 has brought no reprieve to civilians suffering the effects of intensifying armed conflict. Countless hardships, including large-scale …
Members of the Chadian armed forces in the south-west of the country have been given training by the ICRC on international humanitarian law (IHL). It is vital that these soldiers, who are setting off …
Donetsk, Ukraine, January 2015. A girl cowers in fear as shelling hits Hospital No. 3, which specializes in older people and children. Donetsk lies in opposition-controlled territory. It has been the …
Schastye. The name of this small town in Ukraine's Lugansk region means "happiness," in both Russian and Ukrainian. But Schastye lies on the front line, and has suffered extensive damage. This video, …
Tripoli, Lebanon's second largest city, has been the scene of recurrent outbursts of armed violence between the marginalized communities of the Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighbourhoods. Since …
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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.
