The “Chinese Hospital” in Kandahar
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 …
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 …
Despite widespread international attention and condemnation, sexual violence in armed conflict remains pervasive. At this event, organised with the Chatham House International Security and …
Extract from ICRC publication "International humanitarian law: answers to your questions" Contemporary IHL came into being with the original Geneva Convention of 1864. It has evolved in stages, to …
Extract from ICRC publication " International humanitarian law: answers to your questions " Jus ad bellum refers to the conditions under which States may resort to war or to the use of armed force in …
Extract from ICRC publication "International h umanitarian law: answers to your questions" Refugees are people who have crossed an international frontier and are at risk, or have been victims, of …
Extract from ICRC publication "International humanitarian law: answers to your questions" WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW? Human rights law is a set of international rules, established by …
What is the ICRC's position on terrorism? The ICRC strongly condemns acts of violence that are indiscriminate and spread terror among the civilian population. It has done so on many occasions. …
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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.