07-08-2024 Manila (ICRC) – On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) highlighted the need for all parties to the …
Georgia (ICRC) – The remains of 16 people missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992-1993 in Abkhazia were recovered, identified and handed over to their families, by the International …
The exhibit is organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Embassy of Switzerland in the Philippines. Admission is free to the exhibit, which will run from August 6 to …
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-hosted in Pretoria, the 22nd Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation …
Today, an unprecedented number of civilians is becoming involved in armed conflicts through digital means. Civilians – including hacktivists, to cyber security professionals, ‘white hat’, ‘black hat’ …
In the first half of 2024, the ICRC Amman Delegation continued to deliver humanitarian aid and support to the most vulnerable populations. Hundreds of families of missing persons due to the conflict …
30-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – A surge in attacks across parts of the Middle East is inflicting yet more suffering on civilians and raising fears of wider regional conflict with devastating humanitarian …
From her new home in a small village of just over 300 people in the Taraclia district in the south of Moldova, Galina has a new lease on life. “If it wasn’t your push, your capital, I probably …
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Jordan is happy to organize its second International Humanitarian Law (“ IHL ”) essay writing competition to engage the law students on relevant IHL …
International Committee of the Red Cross & Iraqi Red Crescent Society Welcome to our annual photography competition. The ICRC-IRCS Photography Award is an annual photography competition launched in …
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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.
