The principle of 'universal jurisdiction' entitles a state to prosecute offenders even in the absence of any link between the crime committed and the prosecuting state. It is based on the notion that …
30-08-2022 Dakar/Nairobi (ICRC) - More than 25,000 minors are missing across Africa, according to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Children represent …
30-08-2022 According to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 64,000 cases of disappeared persons have been reported across Africa. In Nigeria alone, over …
Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the 10th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. 30 August – 2 …
After the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) took control of the country in August 2021, funding from development agencies and international financial institutions was stopped, interrupting many …
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 …
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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.
