24-09-2014 Geneva/New York (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are seeking stronger action by States to protect people providing or …
Violence against health-care workers and facilities, medical vehicles and patients during armed conflict and other emergencies is one of the most serious challenges of humanitarian concern in the …
Photo: © V. Lacken / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The devastating effects of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have put a strain not only on …
24-09-2014 Canberra (ICRC) – A new publication promoting military practice that better protects health-care workers and patients in armed conflict and emergencies will be launched at a panel event …
23-09-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – "After 52 days of conflict, the Gaza Strip is a shambles," said Robert Mardini, the head of operations for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the …
23-09-2014 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), assisted by the Somali Red Crescent Society, just completed a distribution of food to over 36,000 displaced people in …
The ICRC is working closely with the authorities to support health-care facilities and provide doctors and other health workers with opportunities for continuing education. In cooperation with …
27th session, Human Rights Council The ICRC shares the commitment to a proactive approach to prevention and firmly supports the Human Rights Council in its work in this area. Indeed, the prevention …
Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – The Sudanese authorities have lifted the suspension of activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), even while discussions on practical arrangements to …
27th session, Human Rights Council The ICRC is greatly encouraged by the interest taken by the Human Rights Council and its members in the issue of detention. It would like to take this opportunity …
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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.
