Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross delivered by Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Control Adviser — 15 December 2021 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The …
1. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the entire International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have continuously advocated for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear …
Four years after the violence ended, the once burgeoning city of Mosul still bears the scars of the fighting, with deserted neighbourhoods and ruins as far as the eye can see. The old city on the …
Jakarta – Vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dr Gilles Carbonnier paid an official visit to Jakarta from 7 - 8 December 2021. He also attended the 14th Bali …
ICRC planted 63 saplings in memory of those missing since the 1990s conflict in former Yugoslavia Belgrade (ICRC) — The Belgrade delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), …
Artworks on display dedicated to missing people, victims of wars in former Yugoslavia Belgrade (ICRC) - An art exhibition entitled Captured Time, organized by the International Committee of the Red …
A family of labourers, unable to find regular work to feed their growing children. A priest who shelters others but cannot access the monthly heart medication he needs to live. A young girl separated …
UNSC Arria-formula meeting: Addressing challenges of children without parental care in conflict settings. 3 December 2021 Briefing by ICRC Chief Protection Officer, Christian Cardon Excellencies, …
19 participants from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville joined the Second International Conference for Families of Missing Persons, organized by the International Committee of Red Cross’s Central …
Kenyatta University students beat 6 other international teams to emerge winners at the All Africa Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) hosted by the International Committee of the Red …
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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.
