During late 2013 and early 2014, the International Committee of the Red Cross sent five photographers to five countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Laos, Mozambique and Nicaragua – to document …
Manjakandriana prison, located 42km to the east of the capital Antananarivo, currently houses 30 women detainees. On 8 March, to coincide with International Women's Day, the ICRC, working with the …
The ICRC has played an active role since 1991 in supporting the families of missing persons and advocating respect for their right to know the fate of their relatives. During the conflicts in …
09-04-2015 Damascus/Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling for immediate access for humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk Refugee Camp and has expressed alarm at the …
Marco Baldan grabbed the white and red International Committee of the Red Cross flag and strapped it to the side of the simple wooden boat. The four flags fixed to the 60-foot cargo ship will clearly …
ICRC Somalia detention activities - in Somali Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Shaqsi kasta oo xiran wuxuu u baahanyahay biyo ku filan uu …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICR, UNAM Law Faculty (Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico City Check against delivery Speech given by Mr …
10-04-2015 Sana'a / Geneva (ICRC) – Urgently needed medical supplies were brought into Yemen by plane today by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). They will be distributed to …
10-04-2015 Geneva/Мoscow, 10 April 2015 – The second phase of humanitarian assistance to displaced civilians from eastern Ukraine has started in the Rostov Region. The International Committee of the …
As Liberia looks forward to an Ebola-free future, one of the serious challenges that remain is how to dispose of Ebola waste safely. In this video we see how the ICRC is helping to ensure liquid …
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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.
