As fighting in pockets of Ethiopia's Tigray region continues and food supplies dwindle, local farmers not only lack seeds and fertilizer ahead of the planting season but fear runs high. Access our …
The ICRC report on "Avoiding Civilian Harm from Military Cyber Operations during Armed Conflicts" is now available. In today's armed conflicts, cyber operations are increasingly used in support of …
Families of missing persons are still yearning for their loved ones, four years after the Marawi conflict. Nanay Rosa’s regular day starts grinding as early as 3 am. From her house in an Iligan City …
When wars are fought in cities, it is civilians who bear the brunt. In this new series we explore the devastating impact on people who have seen their streets become the frontline. We spoke with …
Violent attacks, poverty, insecure roads littered with improvised explosive devices, lack of basic health care facilities, lack of education , joblessness and largescale displacement – the people of …
South Africa is a major destination and transit country for migrants from the Eastern and Southern Africa regions and beyond. Though the Southern African route receives far less public attention than …
On 15 April 2021, the Holy See organised a high-level event on "Fraternity, Multilateralism and Peace". It was the occasion for the Holy See (often referred to as the Vatican) and leaders of …
In the Philippines , the country with the largest population of Christian believers in Asia, religious leaders and faith-based organizations play a crucial role in responding to the humanitarian …
Equitable vaccine distribution is a humanitarian imperative. There is a choice. The world of the next ten years can be one of greater justice, abundance and dignity. Or it can be one of conflict, …
When Sebghatullah had left home and family in a remote village of Badakhshan Province's Yaftal district, where even roads do not reach, to go to Kunduz Province, he had carried a dream in his heart. …
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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.
