ICRC President Peter Maurer meets the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, 27 May 2015 (c) European Union 2015 - European Parliament ICRC President Peter Maurer addresses the Foreign …
28-05-2015 Despite a recent five-day ceasefire brokered by parties amidst Operation Decisive Storm, hostilities continue unabated across Yemen. Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence. …
They arrived in the middle of the night from the nearby town of Bama, more than a thousand people, mainly children and the elderly. They had been transported on trucks, under heavy military escort, …
This report provides an account of the October 2014 thematic consultation of government experts on grounds and procedures for internment and detainee transfers. The consultation was part of the …
Statement Geneva Centre for Peace and Security 29 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Speech given by Mr. Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Ambassador Dussey, Dear …
The Fundamental Principles turn 50 years old this year. What better time to examine the challenges faced in putting these key guiding principles into …
Too many lives are being lost that could be saved. The consequences of violence against health-care workers are much greater than the sum of individual incidents. This is what the ICRC's report, …
International legislation for protecting the provision of health care during conflict and other emergencies is adequate to its task. What is urgently needed is a determined effort to implement these …
When conflict spreads, front lines may divide more than just communities. They can also split water and power systems, blacking out homes, crippling hospitals and closing schools. Eduard Anatolievich …
Norway is a country at peace, and yet the Norwegian Red Cross (NorCross) is one of the National Societies most actively involved in the HCiD project. NorCross has, since 2013, been working with …
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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.
