An ICRC delegate from Murroe, Co. Limerick, describes her role working in Erbil. Rieke Grainne Hayes is a physiotherapy team leader in the ICRC-run Erbil Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the Iraqi …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh continues to work with the Prisons Directorate to strengthen and consolidate the support to prisons in view of COVID-19 . As part of …
In Egypt, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) assists people affected by conflict and violence including from the broader region, promotes international humanitarian law (IHL), and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross, Regional IHL department in Cairo, would like to thank all those who have shown interest in the activities that aim to support and promote understanding …
Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Christine Cipolla emphasizes the imperative to take care of vulnerable populations in COVID-19 response at national and global levels. COVID-19 has affected …
The long-standing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has inflicted suffering and loss on people since the 1990s. Over 30’000 people have been killed, more than 4’500 are missing, and thousands have been …
Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in Kosovo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been collecting information about the concerns and issues faced by the families of missing …
In an exclusive interview with 105.3 Afro FM, Head of ICRC Delegation to the African Union(ADO), Mr. Bruce Mokaya Orina reflected on the delegation`s activities. Mr Mokaya conveyed his perception of …
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide. Given the specific vulnerabilities of detainees and the difficulties faced while controlling the spread of the …
The figures are from the Brazilian Yearbook on Public Safety published on Monday (19) and have set alarm bells ringing again about the humanitarian impact of this problem in the country. Brasilia …
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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.
