Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL)
Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was designed by the International …
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Iraq: Women of families of missing never stop searching, never stop living
Iraq is one of many countries that have gone through numerous wars and armed conflicts, leaving hundreds of thousands of people, mostly men, unaccounted for. This has resulted in women taking on the …
Myanmar: Over 11,000 conflict-affected people in Kachin receive clean water
La Hkum Lu Aung remembers a time when her life was peaceful and pleasant. Her family had enjoyed normal days, working hard to raise farm animals and cultivate rice and other crops in Nam Lin Pa …
Syria: facts and figures in Jan-Jun 2023
Over a decade on, millions of people across Syria continue to bear the brunt of a conflict compounded by several crises. Not only lives have been lost, families shattered, and homes destroyed, but …
Operational update on ICRC’s work across the Lachin Corridor
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remains the only humanitarian organization operating across the Lachin corridor to respond to growing humanitarian needs. The latest deliveries of …
Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for January–June 2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization working to safeguard the lives and dignity of people suffering from conflict and …
DR Congo: Displaced people and host communities struggle to obtain essentials in North Kivu
Kinshasa (ICRC) – Since the start of 2023, an escalation in the fighting between armed groups in North Kivu province has displaced some 600,000 people*. Our teams in the field have observed an …
Myanmar: Displaced families find safe space in new sustainable homes
Once a joyful and beautiful place where children played and families enjoyed normal days, surrounded by lush nature, traditional homes, livestock and farms, many areas of Kachin State in Myanmar have …
Chair’s Summary Report of State Expert Meeting on IHL: Protecting the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict
Armed conflicts can have a devastating impact on the environment, and the environmental consequences of conflict in turn threaten people's health and livelihoods. States met to discuss in 2023. …
Remembering Hiroshima: Should it ever be the future of humanity?
Today, it will be 78 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The impact of a single bomb was unimaginably catastrophic. It devastated the city and the death toll …
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ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.