ICRC President's address to the Human Rights Council. President, esteemed colleagues A year ago, when this Council met, the COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding across the globe. Leaders proclaimed 'we …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered by Laetitia Courtois. Thank you very much to Switzerland, Germany, Niger and Igarapé for organizing today's discussion. Almost one …
In this year’s regional meeting of the Americas, in addition to round-table discussions, keynote conferences were opened up to the public. More than 60 authorities from 21 countries in South America, …
You don't need to be a cybersecurity expert to see that in today's highly interconnected and digitally dependent societies, anything with an Internet interface is vulnerable to cyber threats from …
After 35 years of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and …
4 March 2021 — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been closely monitoring the recent developments across Myanmar and is seriously concerned about the increasingly violent …
This year, in celebration of International Women's Day, we asked some of our incredible colleagues to share their wisdom and experience with us: " What advice would you give to your younger self? " …
Call for comments The ICRC Missing Persons Project, launched in 2018, is currently developing a set of guiding principles on interaction with families of missing migrants. We invite all interested …
The ICRC and Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) jointly delivered emergency relief supplies to internally displaced people (IDPs) as a result of the fighting in Tigray region. The emergency relief …
A reduction in the humanitarian consequences of armed conflict and violence would have been a positive start to 2021. Sadly, the opposite was true. There are at least five ongoing non-international …
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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.
