Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on "Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants," at the UN summit for Refugees and Migrants. The ICRC …
Yangon/Hpa An (ICRC) – In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the …
Sexual violence is tragically prevalent in many modern conflicts. The ICRC is committed to further increasing its efforts in the prevention of this devastating violation and to provide assistance to …
Badri Gamgebeli went missing in September 1993 during the armed conflict in Abkhazia. Over the ensuing 23 years, his family heard various stories indicating that he was still alive. Some days, …
“I want to be handsome,” says Ahmed Habib, while performing a sketch. Ahmed, 15, is a boy from Shujaeya neighbourhood in Gaza City, which was heavily affected by the 2014 conflict. To this day, …
The 17-year-old would have been the mother of twins. Nyandieng's first child was delivered at the family's simple mud and straw home. But complications prevented the second twin's birth. Seeking …
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, 5 October 2016. Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, When …
Bombed hospitals. Health and first-aid workers killed. Heavily populated urban areas bombarded. What can be done to ensure respect for the rules of war? It's a sad and familiar pattern: April 2015 : …
The ICRC supports the efforts of States Party to the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) by providing States with technical expertise on IHL, …
United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Sixth Committee, Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, October 2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recognizes …
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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.
