IHL
IHL Summary
IHL is a mobile iOS app in Books And Reference by Le Comite International de la Croix-Rouge (CICR). Released in Jul 2019 (6 years ago). It has 8.00 ratings with a 4.50★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 43 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Oct 30, 2025.
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Mar 5, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Oct 30, 2025 .
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Ratings: 8.00
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App Description
This application (app) provides offline access to more than 80 treaties and other documents relating to international humanitarian law (IHL) – most notably, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the ICRC’s original and updated Commentaries on the Conventions and Additional Protocols, the rules of customary IHL identified by the ICRC’s 2005 study on customary IHL and various ICRC documents on IHL. The app interface can be set to any of the eight languages listed in the settings of the side menu, under “App language”: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Installation and updates
Once downloaded, the app works fully offline. When you first open “IHL”, we recommend you allow the app to complete the following processes: “Fetching IHL Treaties data”, “Fetching customary IHL data” and “Fetching PDF data”. This should take between 1 and 3 minutes. If it takes longer or if the app crashes, we recommend you complete the following steps:
1. Make sure your device is fully up to date with the latest version of your operating system.
2. Make sure your device is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
3. Open the app and wait for all data to be fetched (IHL treaties, study on customary IHL and PDFs). This should take no more than 3 minutes.
4. If steps 1–3 do not work, uninstall the app.
5. Carry out steps 1 and 2 again.
6. Download and re-install the app.
7. Carry out step 3 again.
IHL treaties
The section on IHL treaties is organized by topic, states parties and date. You can download the list of ratifications in PDF or Excel formats by tapping on “States party to the main treaties” at the bottom of the page. Each treaty has a homepage with an introduction; specific articles can be accessed from this page. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are accompanied by the ICRC’s original and updated commentaries. Tapping on “About this text” provides general information about a treaty. If you tap on the name of a state in “State parties”, you are redirected to a list of all the treaties in force for that state.
Customary IHL
The section on customary IHL is organized by topic and then by rule (in English only). Each rule comes with an explanation. Related practice for each rule can be found online by tapping “Related practice” at the top of the page; your device