The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. This report provides a broad evidence-based assessment …
The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. This report provides a broad evidence-based assessment …
In 2019, the ICRC commissioned an external evaluation of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative. This evaluation took a case study approach to address a knowledge gap in how HCiD was being …
ICRC continued their operations in 2021 to provide humanitarian protection and assistance to the conflict-affected population. Thousands of people received support through a number of programs …
26-02-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – "As the armed conflict in Ukraine evolves and escalates, the anguish and fear people have endured for the past three days deepen. We are extremely concerned that the conflict …
25-02-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – The international community must step up urgently to stop Afghanistan's rapid slide towards total collapse and all-out humanitarian disaster, warned international Red Cross …
This manual serves as a “cookbook” of indicators for economic security programmes. It is not designed to be read in full but rather to provide a “recipe” for the indicators used for a given …
Statement Statement by President Peter Maurer on the situation in Ukraine. This new phase of the fighting in Ukraine has sent an ominous chill down my spine. The intensification and spread of the …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross PGA - High-Level Thematic Debate “Galvanising Momentum for Universal Vaccination” Excellencies, Ladies and …
Let survivors make their own choices. Ask the survivor for informed consent (not just simple implied permission) before connecting them to anyone else. Don’t force them if they say “no”. Let respect …
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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.
