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 …
An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Every detained person needs water in sufficient …
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 hospitals …
The Empress Shôken Fund, which was created to promote relief work in times of peace, received 34 applications this year from National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world. It is …
The ICRC first established a presence in Thailand in 1975 to support its operations in the country as well as in Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam. Today, the ICRC seeks to …
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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.
