Alongside cisgender women and girls, more needs to be done to protect men, boys and/including LGBTIQ+ people at risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in humanitarian settings, says a new …
24-02-2023 International humanitarian law, also known as the rules of war, aims to protect people from the devastating effects of armed conflict. A 76-page book that was originally written in Arabic …
This report, which covers the year of 2013, provides an update on the implementation of the Framework for Sustainable Development at the ICRC. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE ICRC ANNUAL REPORT 2013 …
31-01-2017 Geneva: New research, led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), suggests messaging apps could play a vital role in humanitarian work in the future. The research carried …
Kenyatta University students beat 6 other international teams to emerge winners at the All Africa Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) hosted by the International Committee of the Red …
Following a resolution adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, between 2015 and 2019 Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) jointly …
Tens of thousands of people went missing as a result of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995). Almost 25 years later, 6,126 families are still waiting for information about the fate of their …
In Ethiopia, the humanitarian needs in areas affected by armed conflict and violence remained sadly enormous in 2023. During 2023, we sustained our efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance and …
International Symposium on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva, 19-21 October 1995. Paper presented by Dr Hans-Peter Gasser, Senior Legal Adviser, International …
The report describes the needs, the challenges and the expectations of the families of missing persons related to the "Vala de Perus" case. Relatives of missing persons visit the lab where 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.
