The ICRC is engaged in a major construction project – a centre for the treatment of prison inmates with tuberculosis. Katja Lorenz, head of the ICRC delegation in Kyrgyzstan, talks about this …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Belarusian Ministry of Justice, will be holding a Regional Seminar on Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Minsk …
Tonia Kollie is a mother of two – and an Ebola survivor. She caught Ebola from her sister's baby, who caught it from her sister, who in turn caught Ebola from the midwife who delivered her baby. With …
18-03-2015 Khartoum (ICRC) – Today the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for an additional 25 million Swiss francs (about 26 million dollars), in addition to the five …
Ebola is still a painful part of life in Guinea. There has been progress on prevention, safe burials and treatment, but new cases are still occurring in both countries. Apart from the often fatal …
19-03-2015 Peshawar (ICRC) – Handling the dead with respect and dignity was the theme of a five-day course run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which drew to a close today in …
The ICRC has visited people deprived of their freedom, and performed humanitarian work on their behalf, since 1870. At first, in accordance with international humanitarian law, the organization's …
Experts from governments and Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies of the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Kuala Lumpur from 25–27 March for a regional conference on the Arms Trade Treaty and …
In Somalia nature and years of conflict have conspired to restrict the people's access to water, the very essence of life. To ease their suffering, the ICRC endeavours to provide water to detainees …
20-03-2015 The Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which has affected thousands of people and left deep scars on whole communities and countries, was confirmed one year ago. The International Red Cross …
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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.
