Eradicating weapons that keep on killing
Over several decades, cluster munitions have killed and maimed tens of thousands of people in war-torn countries around the world. The Fourth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster …
Over several decades, cluster munitions have killed and maimed tens of thousands of people in war-torn countries around the world. The Fourth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster …
In the chaos and violence of conflict, loved ones often get separated. This video shows the work of a Burundi Red Cross volunteer helping families to find each other. In 2012, the Burundi Red Cross …
The report, based primarily on national practice, offers a pragmatic approach to the prevention and suppression of international crimes, paying particular attention to the Statute of the …
A recent visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by the president of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, provided an opportunity to discuss the ICRC's response to humanitarian needs in the country …
Decades of fighting in eastern DRC have had horrific consequences, including the widespread rape of women, men and children. Every year, the obstetric unit of Panzi Hospital, Bukavu, treats hundreds …
Decades of fighting in eastern DRC have had horrific consequences, including the widespread rape of women, men and children. Every year, the obstetric unit of Panzi Hospital, Bukavu, treats hundreds …
Germany, First World War. British prisoners of war in a camp – time for soup. In August 1914, the ICRC set up the International Prisoner of War Agency in Geneva to centralize information management …
Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) June 17/18, 2013 Geneva Background Document May 2013 Contents 1. Introduction …
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 . …
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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.