The ICRC provides humanitarian protection and assistance to people affected by armed violence in the country. During the first half of 2023, we worked to strengthen the capacities and knowledge of …
The ICRC team in the Republic of Moldova organized psychosocial support sessions for local children and those who had fled the conflict in Ukraine, with the support of the Bender branch of the …
During armed conflict, the civilian population cannot survive for long without food and water. And yet, conflict drives food insecurity based both on how warring parties choose to wage their battles …
A community torn apart by violence has had their loved ones returned to them after a wait of 40 years. In Oronccoy, Ayacucho, the remains of 31 missing people have been handed over to their loved …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
