החל מה-7 באוקטובר, מה הייתה תגובת החירום של ה-ICRC? • הדיווחים על אנשים שנחטפו או נישבו מדאיגים ומכאיבים מאוד. אנשי הצלב האדום בישראל, בעזה ובעולם עושים כל שביכולתם כדי ליצור קשר עם הרשויות …
The ICRC has been working in Luhansk and surrounding areas since 2014, providing assistance to affected and vulnerable communities. From January to December 2022, our colleagues in Luhansk helped …
As a result of armed conflict, natural disasters and migration, people sometimes get separated from their families, go missing or die. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the only …
Geneva – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is appalled to see the human misery that has unfolded over the last week in Israel and Gaza. Civilians - including women and children, …
The hostilities that broke out Saturday 7 October are at a level that we have not seen in many years. They have the potential to cause even more suffering to civilians on both sides. At this crucial …
Between 2021-2023, the ICRC convened a high-level advisory board to advise the organization and develop concrete recommendations on the legal and policy challenges to protect civilians from cyber …
The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes raises profoundly worrying questions for humanity. We take a look at some of the key questions and concerns surrounding the use of …
In response to the recent uptick in violence in Ecuador, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gave a workshop to senior army officers on the legal use of force on 27 September in …
Ten months after a peace agreement ended the two-year armed conflict in northern Ethiopia, the lives and livelihoods of the people living in weapon-contaminated areas in Tigray, Amhara and Afar are …
Statement by Sophie Orr, Regional Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Americas, during the CARICOM Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, …
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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.
