A regional workshop on climate change and protection of environment, focusing on the intersections between international humanitarian law (IHL) and Islamic perspectives, hosted by the ICRC in Amman, …
There are more than 100 armed conflicts in the world today. The suffering caused by these conflicts, combined with climate shocks and rising food and energy prices, will make 2023 a year of vast …
Students from the University of Dodoma emerged winner of the 21st All Africa International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Competition hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nairobi …
Fighting in North Kivu, the state of the roads and the scale of needs among residents and displaced persons are all creating major obstacles for humanitarian aid. The October 2022 resumption of …
ICRC statement on International Law in the inter-sessional meeting of the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies, 7 December 2022. Ambassador Gafoor, …
New York (ICRC) – A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Mrs. Laëtitia Courtois, permanent Observer and head of delegation to the U.N., to the United Nations …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hosted “2022 North-East, South-East Asia and the Pacific Regional Conference on IHL: Bringing IHL Home – a Focus on Weapons, Means and Methods of …
Each year the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Gulf Cooperation Countries conducts activities across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The ICRC works to promote and ensure …
For over a decade, the EU has made respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) a cornerstone of its external relations approach and developed a set of guidelines (EU Guidelines on Promoting …
The year 2022 has been filled with unprecedented massive humanitarian needs arising from the effects of armed conflict, climate shocks and rising food and energy prices. The Russia-Ukraine …
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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.
