Nineteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1 – 5 December 2014, The Hague, Netherlands. Statement by the ICRC. The centenary of the first use of …
Sobha Rani Tharu said her husband's name so softly it was nearly lost in the hot, dry wind. "My husband is Babu Ram Tharu," she said in the pratikchya griha, or waiting place, her lavender scarf …
29-11-2014 Bogotá/Geneva (ICRC) – Three members of the Colombian army held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) since 16 November have today been released. The …
Bangui/Geneva (ICRC) – Following the release of 10 people held by the Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated …
28-11-2014 Tehran (ICRC) – A regional moot-court competition in international humanitarian law took place in Tehran for the first time on 26 and 27 November, with the National Law University of …
28-11-2014 Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – Beginning today, 52 children under the age of 17 will be rejoining relatives after being separated from them for several months. The International Committee of the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières are working together to ensure that Ebola patients get the food they need in order to fight the virus and build immunity. At …
The series "My experience with the ICRC in Yemen" reflects a range of Muslim traditions, giving us the views of Islamic scholars in Yemen on the question of international humanitarian law and Islam, …
The ICRC has put together a record operational budget for 2015 of over 1.3 billion Swiss francs, up 25% on last year's figure. Presenting the budget to the international donor community in Geneva, …
26-11-2014 Kuwait (ICRC) – At a three-day regional seminar in Kuwait that ended today, prison authorities and health professionals came together to discuss mechanisms to improve health care in places …
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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.
