As 2015 marks the 70th year since the liberation of the Nazi camps in Europe, the ICRC organized, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress, a commemorative event at the Humanitarium on April …
As 2015 marks the 70th year since the liberation of the Nazi camps in Europe, the ICRC organized, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress, a commemorative event at the Humanitarium on April …
When Jalal* first his heard son's voice on the phone after eight months of being apart, he broke down in tears. "I had wanted to give my family a better, safer life. But on the way to Europe, my son …
30-04-2015 The Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Dominik Stillhart, has expressed concern at the growing number of civilian casualties in the ongoing …
The protracted and bloody Viet Nam War ended on 30th April 1975. The Hanoi government estimates that in 21 years of fighting, four million civilians were killed across North and South Viet Nam. As …
An elderly lady from eastern Ukraine gives a heart-rending account of how her grandchildren were killed by unexploded ordnance a week after the ceasefire. She is anxious about the future and fearful …
Since the beginning of the current crisis in March 2015, the ICRC has provided urgent aid to the most affected population. Today, our priority is to ensure that wounded patients receive timely and …
Aismat Jan, an Afghan boy, sits outside and eats lunch at the ICRC physical rehabilitation centre in Kabul. EPA/Syed Jan Sabawoon A summary of activities carried out by the ICRC in Afghanistan from …
Lubov Vasilievna fled her home town of Pervomaisk for the safety of Severodonetsk. Now she is part of a Red Cross team distributing bread to others who, like her, have had to leave their homes to …
30-04-2015 The town of Birao, with 10,000 residents, is suffering from its remote location in the north of the Central African Republic and receives little aid. In addition to experiencing long gaps …
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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.
