The speakers, participants, and guests of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Police Colloquium. From 28 November to 1 December, the ICRC jointly organized the 2nd Asia-Pacific Police Colloquium with the …
Wheelchair basketball training, one of the main activities promoting social inclusion of people with disabilities under the Physical Rehabilitation Programme of the International Committee of the Red …
25-11-2022 The Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the International Committee of the Red Cross jointly hosted the 21st Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation of …
Ten teams recently participated in an international wheelchair basketball championship organized by the ICRC's regional delegation in New Delhi in partnership with the Wheelchair Basketball …
"In a blink of an eye we lost loved ones, our schools, the aid post, and many properties which took us time, resources, and money to acquire. Our children are not going to school. We are stuck in our …
Law enforcement agencies and health-care providers coexist, including in emergency situations not related to armed conflict, such as various forms of collective violence. These moments of interaction …
70-year-old Lyudmila lives in the village of Blizhneye, in the Donetsk region. Her home was heavily damaged due to hostilities in March 2022. "We were at home that day, my son and granddaughter had …
Mr Carbonnier checks a building damaged by armed conflict at Marawi’s most affected area. ICRC/Jojo Sescon Unidentified human remains from Marawi’s most affected area are buried at the Maqbara …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of power …
Opinion leaders and the ICRC join efforts to promote principled humanitarian action in Gaza At a time when humanitarian action is facing mounting challenges across the globe, the guiding principles …
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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.
