01-04-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team that had been on its way to Mariupol on Friday to facilitate the safe passage of civilians had to return to …
The Global Alliance for the Missing is a group of states that aims to raise awareness of the issue of missing persons and separated families, influence responses to it and prompt action to address …
ICRC statement on International Law in the second session of the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies. Ambassador Gafoor, Excellencies, ladies and …
31-03-2022 Our teams are traveling right now with pre-positioned relief items and medical supplies to be ready to facilitate the safe passage of civilians out of Mariupol. For logistics and security …
From 29 March to 14 June 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is inviting all professional photojournalists to take part in its photojournalism contest, the ICRC’s Humanitarian …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at Afghanistan Pledging Conference — 31 March 2022 Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, Afghanistan is a …
31-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – Gains in maternal and child health risk being lost if the international community does not step in to support Afghanistan’s flailing public infrastructure, warns Peter …
ICRC statement on existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security. Ambassador Gafoor, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is …
30-03-2022 We can confirm that an image being circulated online shows damage to the ICRC warehouse in Mariupol. We do not have a team on the ground there, so have no other information on potential …
This leaflet briefly describes the main aspects of the work done by the ICRC to assist and protect persons deprived of their freedom during international armed conflict. It draws particular attention …
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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.
