For many people, the death of a loved one is marked by grief and certainty. Condolences are shared by relatives and friends, burial rites are held, and the remains are moved to a grave, providing …
Gaza – Gazans are facing a critical “double crisis” as they struggle to cope with an acute electricity shortage just as COVID-19 has escaped containment and begun community transmission among the …
Statement to Arria Formula Meeting on Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure Thanks to the Government of Indonesia – and especially to Ambassador Djani – for the invitation to address you …
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the ICRC in Belgrade has been in close contact with the authorities and Red Cross societies in the region to provide support, advice and training to staff and …
The severity of the humanitarian situation in Nigeria has been further exacerbated with the onset of COVID-19 in February 2020 and its subsequent spread. The virus has since spread to all 37 states …
Statement of Peter Maurer , President of the ICRC, to the sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 17 August 2020 — This year's Conference of States Parties to the Arms …
In 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched an updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention which regulates the treatment of prisoners of war. The four Geneva …
“We didn’t expect this coming. I wake up every morning, having no idea how we will survive the day.” Coronavirus is affecting us all, in the UK and around the world, but in different ways. This is …
Prosecutors play a crucial role in the enforcement of international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the rules of armed conflict, through the prosecution of alleged perpetrators of war crimes. …
As we commemorate International Humanitarian Law Day on this day, 12 August, we recall the Geneva Conventions which came into being on this same day, 12 August, 71 years ago, in the aftermath of the …
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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.
