Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered by Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, at the United Nations Security Council High-Level Open …
19-06-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross met on Monday with 70 families from Ukraine whose loved ones are missing or held captive in relation to the international armed …
Mandatory reporting is a law and/or policy obligation for health care personnel to report cases of sexual or gender-based violence to law enforcement agencies, often without requiring the consent of …
Far from the world’s attention, conflict is again shattering lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alongside the fighting, sexual violence is rife. ‘Listening houses’ run by the Red Cross offer …
Statement by Ms. Florence Anselmo, Head of the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency, delivered at the Arria-Formula meeting of the UN Security Council on Missing Persons in Armed Conflict, 12 June 2024, New …
Torture and all other forms of cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment are banned under international law. The ICRC strives to prevent these practices and put an end to them where they do …
According to this new report from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), only 7% of the migrants reported missing at sea by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) between …
The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC), in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), held an exhibition showcasing …
The fourth episode of "The Humanitarian Podcast", features Misbah Mushtaq, assistant director of the Youth and Volunteer programme at Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC). She is responsible for guiding, …
The number of affected people streaming into the region has surged in the recent past, as A group of Sudanese refugees gets off a truck upon arrival in Boro Medina, a small town in South Sudan with a …
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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.
