31-03-2015 Sana'a/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday called for the urgent removal of obstacles to the delivery to Yemen of vital medical supplies needed to treat …
Statement Geneva / Damascus / Sana'a / Bamako – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked and saddened by three unconnected attacks that took place yesterday against teams …
It's been months since U Maung Haw lost the foot of his prosthetic leg. A guard in a remote rubber plantation, U Maung Haw couldn't get leave approved to travel to the Hpa-An Orthopaedic …
28-29 March 2015, Dhaka: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized a seminar of more than 100 Islamic law experts and academics on respect for the dead from the perspective of …
When dark began to fall, I went to see where my family was. I found 27 people dead, but the bodies of my daughter and my grandchildren weren't there. I felt that my family had been wiped out. [...] I …
Every year, mines and unexploded munitions kill and maim thousands of people around the world. Today, it is the people of eastern Ukraine who face this hazard. Unexploded munitions come in different …
The ICRC's core publication on teaching international humanitarian law (IHL) is now online , providing academics, researchers and students with a wealth of updated resources, cases and references, in …
What are nanotechnologies? What are their civilian and military uses? How are they going to influence international humanitarian law? Should we restrict military use? Listen to an interview with …
Fleeing the fighting in Ukraine, people left behind their homes and belongings and sought refuge where they could. Many went to Belarus. Official estimates put the number of refugees from Ukraine …
02-04-2015 In March 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched refresher first-aid sessions for members of different factions in the Palestinian refugee camp in Ein El Helwe, …
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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.
