21-10-2014 Amid the violence that has engulfed Yemen during the past six months, the ICRC has managed to respond to the growing needs of the victims. However, more must be done to ensure that medical …
21-10-2014 Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – Following two deadly attacks that took place in the cities of Béni and Eringeti, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has transferred 14 casualties …
21-10-2014 Bangui (ICRC) – A member of the Central African armed forces, released by the anti-Balakas, has been reunited with his family by staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross …
21-10-2014 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) applauds the decision of the Autonomous Bougainville Government to unanimously adopt a policy on clarifying the …
21-10-2014 Cairo (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Curative and Critical Care Sector of the Ministry of Health and Population held a joint three-day course from 14 …
Statement Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, United Nations, General Assembly, 69th session, Sixth …
An introduction to the basics of international humanitarian law for non-specialized audiences (eight modules) in French …
Les Cayes civilian prison. A women’s section built by the ICRC in cooperation with Haiti’s Central Prison Administration. A toilet block was repaired and set up in the yard along with a laundry area …
Ypres, Belgium Opening of the exhibition on WWI at the In Flanders Fields museum. Olivier Matthys / ICRC Ypres, Belgium Speech by Philippe Vandekerckhove, CEO of the Belgian Red Cross - Flanders, at …
In September, fighting in and around the governorates of Quneitra and Dara'a intensified, displacing over 100,000 people to Damascus and Rural Damascus. Working closely with the Syrian Arab Red …
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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.
