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. …
Blue sky, white clouds, olive green, these words can hardly be associated with the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, which is plagued by conflict. You certainly wouldn't imagine the city had a …
Interview with Emmanuelle Birraux, protection coordinator for the ICRC delegation in Ukraine, on visits to detainees The ICRC is visiting people detained on both sides in connection with the conflict …
Families of missing persons are finally able to renovate their run-down homes, thanks to loans from the ICRC and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia. Seventy families have already taken advantage …
In the first visit of its kind, the ICRC recently took eight members of its Corporate Support Group (CSG) to Jordan, so they could see the situation on the ground for themselves and discover how the …
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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.
