01-12-2021 The human toll of the armed conflict in Yemen continues to grow, with an estimated 40,000 people in Ma’reb and more than 10,000 in Hodeida forced to leave their homes since September in …
01-12-2021 The humanitarian and peacekeeping response in the region, the current challenges to international humanitarian law (IHL) and IHL from an African perspective were amongst the topics …
25-11-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross elects Mirjana Spoljaric Egger as next president. The Assembly, the governing body of the International Committee of the Red Cross, announced …
13-11-2021 JERUSALEM - The “Humanitarian Hackathon 2021”, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in partnership with MENACatalyst, was concluded this evening in Ramallah. …
12-11-2021 Glasgow – The African Development Bank and the ICRC said at the COP26 climate conference that low-income countries hit by conflict must not be pushed aside when it comes to climate action …
08-11-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross presented its final report on forensic work to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). …
02-11-2021 What role does the media play in reporting humanitarian crises? How does journalism extend its influence to humanitarian issues? Since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic , has the …
28-10-2021 News release from the Haitian National Red Cross Society, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies regarding …
28-10-2021 Ahead of COP26 the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, has issued a statement following a visit to Mali. Bamako/Geneva (ICRC) – Climate change …
25-10-2021 A statement from Dominik Stillhart, director of operations for the ICRC, on the severe hunger needs in many of the countries the ICRC works in. Families in many countries around the world …
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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.
