What level of human suffering in armed conflict is tolerable? Does the current environment make space for the human protection and international humanitarian law (IHL) safeguards? These are some of …
As cases of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea grip Lebanon, supporting public infrastructure is essential to avoid devastating health and humanitarian consequences. Joe Mclean, from County Mayo in …
18-01-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric is visiting Moscow this week to discuss urgent humanitarian concerns with government officials and the Russian Red Cross. The 2-day visit …
Consequences of armed conflict and other violence can be severe in cities, especially in situations of protracted urban warfare and urban violence – We have seen it in Colombia, Honduras, Libya, the …
16-01-2023 Mexico City. Five years ago the Missing Persons Act entered into force on the back of unprecedented citizen action in Mexico led by the families of missing people. The regional delegation …
Surgical procedures and trauma are a shock to the body and provoke a metabolic stress response, which impacts the patient’s nutritional status by inducing changes in how all nutrients are metabolized …
The humanitarian crisis triggered by clashes between the Congolese army and fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) in Rutshuru territory, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the …
On 11 January 2023, the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a headquarters agreement in Chisinau. This agreement formalizes the …
Nearly a year into the most disastrous experience for a Pacific Island country, people are left with deep wounds in their minds and heart of a “thunder” they cannot forget. January 15, 2022 has …
Over 40 incidents of violence against health-care workers have been reported at the emergency department of Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital since July 2019. This information was shared during a …
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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.
