30-08-2022 30 August marks the International Day of the Disappeared aimed at raising awareness of governments, communities, media and public about the plight of people who went missing as a result of …
It's devastating for family and friends when a loved one disappears. Yet this is the harsh reality for too many people across the world as thousands go missing every year. Armed conflict, violence, …
29-08-2022 Pristina (ICRC) – More than 20 years after the armed conflict in Kosovo, the families of more than 1’600 missing persons are still looking for their loved ones. Behind every missing person …
To mark the International Day of the Disappeared 2022, the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Europe are launching an online campaign entitled #NoTraceOfYou. Its aim is to …
This policy clarifies the position of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Inclusive Programming, in line with its commitments for Accountability to Affected People. It states the …
29-08-2022 Geneva (ICRC) -The director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, is in Ukraine this week to take stock of the ICRC’s humanitarian activities. He will …
29-08-2022 Over 5,700 cases of missing people are currently being followed by the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross. The actual number of missing people in South Sudan is probably much higher, as …
The impacts of climate change are deeply intertwined with local patterns of inequality and those who are already marginalized or in vulnerable situations are usually at highest risk. To highlight …
Statement Eighth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, Geneva, 22 August 2022. Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Peter Maurer, President. …
JABAL SABIH, West Bank — Since May 2021, ten Palestinians have been killed, including two children, and many were injured or left with disabilities as a result of confrontations in Jabal Sabih in …
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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.
