Amala Niyogushima placed her baby on the table. Next to her, children were excited by the distribution of biscuits and soda to help them recover after the long journey. They had fled from the threat …
"How can we leave, when we have nowhere to go?" Édinson picked up an explosive device by mistake. The explosion not only blew off his hand, it also led to the displacement of his whole family. "My …
As the world's newest country nears its fourth year of existence, South Sudan is facing a devastating reality. Extreme levels of violence in and around Leer over the last month have forced an …
Tens of thousands have fled Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province. They have found shelter in makeshift camps in the Buzeibiz Bridge area of Baghdad. Food, water and health care are hard to …
The public archives of the ICRC for the period 1966-1975 will be open to the public from 15 June 2015. The archives cover a number of important historical events including the Nigeria-Biafra War …
10-06-2015 Kuwait (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, called today for a stronger response to the needs of civilians affected by the ongoing …
Each week, thousands of migrants arrive in Europe in search of a better life. Some die or disappear on the way. Others lose contact with their families, leaving them wondering whether they are dead …
10-06-2015 Juba/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that urgent action needs to be taken to save hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan from …
In 2014, the ICRC carried out activities in 80 countries around the world, assisting millions of people affected by armed conflict and violence. Top operations The ICRC expenditure totalled 1,333.2 …
Abuja (ICRC) – A three-day seminar to evaluate the progress in implementing international humanitarian law (IHL) in members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opens today in …
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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.
