07-07-2022 Kalemie (ICRC) – 83 children, aged between five and 19, were reunited with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The children had lost contact with their loved ones …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of Tractor …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of General …
On July 4, 2022, Beijing, China, Pierre Krähenbühl, the personal envoy of the ICRC president to China and head of regional delegation for East Asia, delivers a speech at the panel on "United Nations, …
Sana’a (ICRC) – Eight years into the armed conflict in Yemen, violence, economic hardship and deteriorating health services and health infrastructure increasingly keep women and girls from being able …
For Svetlana, an elderly resident in the Donetsk region, living through the hostilities these last few months has been overwhelming. "I have no money at all so I can´t buy food, not even bread," she …
From 21-24 June 2022, the Pakistan Delegation of the ICRC organized its annual four-day Regional Training Course on Islam and IHL in Islamabad. 31 professors of Islamic Studies from around the …
This document provides a snapshot of 12 key issues arising in relation to the IHL applicable in today’s armed conflicts and outlines five initiatives aimed at building a global culture of respect for …
05-07-2022 Cairo (ICRC / ERC) –The Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS), in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), concluded the distribution of 370 tons of food aid to …
International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not, or are no longer, directly or …
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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.
