By Robert Mardini, director-general, ICRC The recent cyber-attack targeting humanitarian data belonging to 515,000 people was an affront to humanity, endangering those already suffering the effects …
Model declaration of acceptance International Fact-Finding Commission (Protocol I, Article 90) Optional Clause The Government of .................................... declares that it recognizes …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Arauca – i.e. how difficult it has become for the civilian population to meet …
Alongside cisgender women and girls, more needs to be done to protect men, boys and/including LGBTIQ+ people at risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in humanitarian settings, says a new …
2020 was a challenging year for Daw Lum Naw, who lives in Myanmar's northern Kachin State. Early in the year she lost her husband, becoming the breadwinner for her five children and 87-year-old …
Practices and Challenges in African Union Mandated and Authorized Peace Support Operations ICRC Delegation to the African Union in collaboration with the AU Political Affairs Peace and Security …
The partnership between the Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) and the ICRC on the provision of RFL services in Greece counts many years. There were many achievements that resulted from this cooperation and …
On 30 November and 1 December 2021, the ICRC and the training division of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS) organized a two-day workshop entitled "International Humanitarian Law – …
This bulletin contains an overview of our operations in Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania in 2021. In 2021, the ICRC Nairobi Regional Delegation continued its work in places of detention focusing on …
Five years . This is how long Salwa's personal odyssey lasted to be reunited with her family. It was in early 2016 when Salwa got separated from her husband and three sons while fleeing from conflict …
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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.
