In Somalia, decades of conflict and natural calamities have frustrated the normal coping strategies of its otherwise resilient population. To mitigate the impact of recurrent shocks to Somali …
The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules limiting the barbarity of war. They protect people who do not take part in the …
This page contains, free of charge, electronic copies of all language versions of an article, published in English in the International Review of the Red Cross, No. 857, 31 March 2005. The article …
In 2012-2013, the ICRC held four regional consultations with government experts from across Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific and Middle East. In total, the consultations …
Preparatory Discussion in view of the Third Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL of mid-2014 Reporting and Thematic Discussions on IHL and Overview of a Meeting of States December …
For a half century, the Cameroon Red Cross Society (CRCS) has been providing humanitarian assistance – responding swiftly to crises and steadily to daily needs. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in …
ICRC water and habitat staff work with prison authorities and inmates to ensure that prison infrastructure provides healthy, dignified …
People arrive in IDP or refugee camps in desperate need of food, water and shelter. ICRC water and habitat staff build safe, healthy places for them to stay, working alongside them. Our massive …
The ICRC has committed itself to reinforcing its response to sexual violence in armed conflicts. Our director of operations, Pierre Krahenbuhl, talks about the appalling and brutal nature of sexual …
2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the ICRC’s Water and Habitat Unit. Their engineers help ensure that people have access to this vital resource using affordable technologies and sustainable …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
