On the 14th of December 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened a newly constructed dormitory annexed to the Physical Rehabilitation Centre of Benghazi, east of …
Each year the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Gulf Cooperation Countries conducts activities across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The ICRC works to promote and ensure …
The day Mariel Havana has long been waiting for is finally here. After years of struggle, her village, Kasapa II in Agusan del Sur, Philippines, now has its own clinic where residents can seek …
13-12-2022 Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Amid increased high-levels of armed violence in Haiti that is exacerbating the health system’s ability to respond to an outbreak of cholera, the International …
13-12-2022 The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Panama and the Caribbean, together with the Panamanian Red Cross (PRC), the International Federation of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hosted “2022 North-East, South-East Asia and the Pacific Regional Conference on IHL: Bringing IHL Home – a Focus on Weapons, Means and Methods of …
12-12-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross has completed a four-day visit to Ukraine, during which she traveled to Odesa, Mykolaiv, the Kherson region and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is organizing its 34th surgical seminar in Geneva. Date: From Sunday 11 December to Friday 16 December Place: Ecogia training centre in Versoix …
09-12-2022 New York (ICRC) - Today is an important day in the history of humanitarian action. The Security Council adopted a legally binding resolution on Friday that protects humanitarian activities …
Glenda Aldor, one of the grade 8 students at Wabi School. "I was doing grade 8 when fight broke out. When it happened, I left everything and ran away with my parents. My books, pens, and everything …
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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.
