The figures for 2014 speak volumes about the plight of Syrians and the consequent demands placed on humanitarian organizations like the ICRC. With no end to the current crisis in sight, the extreme …
As part of its effort to promote awareness and understanding of international humanitarian law (IHL), the ICRC delegation in Israel and the occupied territories works with academic institutions to …
Just back from Syria, the ICRC's former head of delegation in Damascus Boris Michel describes the growing needs of the population. Four years of conflict have taken their toll on essential …
03-02-2015 Heavy shelling of residential areas in Donetsk and towns like Debaltsevo has continued over the weekend. Despite dangerous conditions, teams from the International Committee of the Red …
International humanitarian law (IHL) is relevant not only to nations suffering conflict, but also to peaceful states. Mauritius and Seychelles are two countries that clearly demonstrate this. While …
Nearly four years of fighting have had a major impact on every aspect of life in Syria. Millions of people have become displaced, tens of thousands been killed, gone missing, detained or separated …
What are the protection challenges and needs faced by women and girls in armed conflict and post-conflict settings? Helen Durham, head of Law and Policy at the International Committe of the Red …
Statement Security Council open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, statement by the Director of International Law and Policy of the ICRC On behalf of the International Committee …
Semenovka, Ukraine, December 2014. Like many towns and villages in eastern Ukraine, Semenovka, a village near Sloviansk in Donetsk region, was badly damaged during fighting between May and July 2014. …
I had read much about Alberto Cairo. A former lawyer from Italy who came to Afghanistan by chance, he's been working in Afghanistan for almost 25 years and runs the ICRC orthopaedic centre in Kabul. …
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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.
