01-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) - With the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and neighbouring countries deteriorating rapidly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International …
26-02-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – "As the armed conflict in Ukraine evolves and escalates, the anguish and fear people have endured for the past three days deepen. We are extremely concerned that the conflict …
25-02-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – The international community must step up urgently to stop Afghanistan's rapid slide towards total collapse and all-out humanitarian disaster, warned international Red Cross …
23-02-2022 11 110 internet connections have been made since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) launched its connectivity service. The …
22-02-2022 To increase accessibility of services for migrants and their families, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) have officially opened …
19-02-2022 Hostilities disrupt water services to more than one million people in eastern Ukraine Civilian infrastructure providing essential services protected under international law Repairs to …
07-02-2022 Each day is a struggle for survival for hundreds of thousands of people living close to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine. Water, gas, and electricity supplies are limited. The …
04-02-2022 Addis Ababa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday flew in its tenth cargo plane in ten days carrying vital medical supplies into the Tigray region of …
04-02-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer will visit Niger from 7-10 February to see firsthand the humanitarian situation as the country grapples with …
03-02-2022 Juba (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the release of four persons, detained in relation to the conflict between the Sudan People's Liberation …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
