15-10-2014 Colombo (ICRC) – On 16 October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will mark the 25th anniversary of its humanitarian activities in Sri Lanka. "During the past quarter …
15-10-2014 Brussels (ICRC) – Which are the applicable legal norms for detention in international and non-international armed conflict? What are the challenges linked to the detention or transfer …
On the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), we take a look at how food shortages are being reduced in Somalia by supporting smallholder farmers. Family farms are crucial to overcoming hunger and …
Pierre Reichel worked for the ICRC in Nagorny Karabakh during 1994 and 1995. He recently talked about his experiences May 1996. The ICRC takes part in the transfer of detainees, in its capacity of …
United Nations, General Assembly, 69th session, Sixth Committee, item 83 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 15 October 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is …
General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items. United Nations, General Assembly, 69th session, First Committee, statement by the ICRC, New York, 14 October 2014. In the …
13-10-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – Ahead of its address to the United Nations General Assembly First Committee in New York this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is renewing its call …
A round-up of activities carried out by the ICRC in Sri Lanka. Content: Identifiying humanitarian needs of families of missing persons Health Care in Danger: ensuring safer access Sustainable …
The ICRC's Agency archives contain data on individuals that the ICRC and its tracing agencies have collected during conflict, starting in 1870. The data was all collected as part of the ICRC's …
Barrister Okanga is a university lecturer at Niger Delta University in southern Nigeria. A childhood experience during Nigeria's civil war was instrumental in his becoming a teacher of international …
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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.
