A family of labourers, unable to find regular work to feed their growing children. A priest who shelters others but cannot access the monthly heart medication he needs to live. A young girl separated …
Artworks on display dedicated to missing people, victims of wars in former Yugoslavia Belgrade (ICRC) - An art exhibition entitled Captured Time, organized by the International Committee of the Red …
ICRC planted 63 saplings in memory of those missing since the 1990s conflict in former Yugoslavia Belgrade (ICRC) — The Belgrade delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), …
Jakarta – Vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dr Gilles Carbonnier paid an official visit to Jakarta from 7 - 8 December 2021. He also attended the 14th Bali …
Four years after the violence ended, the once burgeoning city of Mosul still bears the scars of the fighting, with deserted neighbourhoods and ruins as far as the eye can see. The old city on the …
1. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the entire International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have continuously advocated for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross delivered by Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Control Adviser — 15 December 2021 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The …
"When the shooting starts, we immediately rush the children indoors. Our little one, who is four, shouts 'Granny, come here!'. He stands against the wall and makes me stand alongside him, because …
The escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the autumn of 2020 significantly hampered safe access to education for children in the affected communities. Dozens of schools and kindergartens …
War and instability shatters nations: from the immediate impact of the hostilities to the decay of infrastructure and social systems. Political will to find practical solutions is imperative to …
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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.
