Statement by ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier at the 11th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Since its entry into force, this …
A memorial space created by and for the families of missing people. On one side of Huancavelica's main square sits a large house dedicated to the memory of those who went missing between 1980 and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently launched the Japanese version of the Addressing Security and Human Rights Challenges in Complex Environments toolkit. It serves as a guide …
Geneva (ICRC) – Bringing closure to decades of uncertainty, the remains of two people missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992–1993 in Abkhazia, were identified and handed over to their …
Statement by Sophie Orr, Regional Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Americas, during the CARICOM Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, …
Ten months after a peace agreement ended the two-year armed conflict in northern Ethiopia, the lives and livelihoods of the people living in weapon-contaminated areas in Tigray, Amhara and Afar are …
In response to the recent uptick in violence in Ecuador, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gave a workshop to senior army officers on the legal use of force on 27 September in …
The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes raises profoundly worrying questions for humanity. We take a look at some of the key questions and concerns surrounding the use of …
Between 2021-2023, the ICRC convened a high-level advisory board to advise the organization and develop concrete recommendations on the legal and policy challenges to protect civilians from cyber …
The hostilities that broke out Saturday 7 October are at a level that we have not seen in many years. They have the potential to cause even more suffering to civilians on both sides. At this crucial …
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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.
