The Japan delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Japanese electronics company NEC Corporation jointly held the panel discussion “Innovative Solutions to Meet …
Sana’a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is marking its 60-year anniversary in Yemen and remains committed to engaging constructively with state and non-state actors to …
Journalists frequently work in high-risk environments, covering conflict and natural or man-made disasters from the front lines and providing vital information to those affected by the crisis as well …
The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) bagged the top prize at the national rounds of the 14th Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) organized by …
Geneva (ICRC) – The office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Donetsk was hit by shelling, damaging the building and several vehicles. No ICRC personnel were killed or injured. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
