Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, Fourth meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law, Geneva, 23 April 2015 We are gathered here …
A unique situation occurred today when doctors performed two operations at Tripoli's War Traumatology Training Centre (WTTC) run by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Richard Gosselin, a …
23-04-2015 On 21 April, ICRC President Peter Maurer received an official delegation from Ukraine headed by President Petro Poroshenko. During the meeting, which took place at the ICRC's headquarters …
The last meeting in the consultation process facilitated by the ICRC and Switzerland pursuant to Resolution News release : Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international …
Harare (ICRC) – Over 10,000 people at Chikurubi Prison Complex in the outskirts of Harare are now benefitting from an improved supply of clean water following the commissioning of repairs and …
The inmates, prison officers and officers' families who live at the complex face difficulties with their water supply. The ICRC initially responded to the water needs with the donation of a …
24-04-2015 Beirut (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delivered vital aid to Beirut's Roumieh Central Prison, after recent riots caused severe damage to the facility and …
I was at my desk in the ICRC offices in Sana'a this week, when the almighty explosion from the airstrike hit us. I fell to the floor, as did most of the things in the room, including the curtains. …
24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Switzerland are hosting the fourth and final meeting of States in Geneva on 23-24 April 2015 as part of their joint …
24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it is vital that plans to boost funding for rescue operations aimed at curbing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean …
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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.
