Water in rural areas is often scarce, poor in quality and difficult to collect, especially during a conflict. This year, we’re marking the 30th anniversary of the ICRC’s Water and Habitat Unit . …
The Arms Trade Treaty is a historic response to the human suffering caused by the widespread availability of weapons both during and after armed conflicts. For the first time ever in an international …
2nd Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Functions of a possible IHL compliance system and their features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March …
1914-1918 war. Near the front, in a Hungarian Red Cross ambulance car, the wounded are taken in and given first aid before being evacuated. © ICRC Photo Library / hist-e-00402 Famine in Russia, …
The international community banned the use of chemical and biological weapons after World War I and reinforced the ban in 1972 and 1993 by prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and …
Document suggesting model legislative provisions to be used by States as guidance in the drafting of legislation prohibiting the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict. t h e D o m e s t i …
All over the world, conflict and violence deprive people of water. Today is World Water Day, and as the ICRC Water and Habitat Unit celebrates its 30th anniversary, we highlight their role in …
Female detainees are often the sole providers for their families, so their detention results in great economic hardship for their loved ones. An innovative income generating project run by the ICRC …
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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.
