Annual Day of Discussion on the Rights of the Child, 37th of the Human Rights Council "How can we meet children’s needs and rights in humanitarian situations? Practices and lessons from different …
Humanitarian challenges in 2018 In 2018, Colombia is going through a period of political and social transition. At the same time, it has a historic opportunity to rescue the voice of more than 8 …
Humanitarian challenges 2018 Beyond any doubt, the most critical humanitarian challenge currently facing the country is finding the people who have disappeared as a result of the armed conflict and …
It is time to give a voice back to over 8.5 million victims of the conflict. Christoph Harnisch Head of the ICRC Delegation in Colombia Colombia is now living through hopeful yet uncertain …
Report assessing the needs of family members of missing persons during the Military Regime in Brazil: case "Perus' …
Democratic Republic of the Congo The existence of children associated with armed groups remains a heart-breaking reality as armed conflicts drag on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). …
Missing people The ICRC supports the families of missing people in their quest to ascertain the fate and whereabouts of their missing relatives. It promotes its mandate, history and activities to …
Countless people die during an armed conflict. Many are separated from their families and loved ones. There are others who go missing. The armed conflict in Sri Lanka between the Government and the …
The International Review of the Red Cross is pleased to announce the online launch of its new edition “ Detention: Addressing the human cost ”. In drawing attention to the ongoing challenges …
In Armenia, the ICRC focuses on civilians living in exposed communities along the international border, missing people and their families, mine victims and people deprived of their liberty. We also …
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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.
