27-02-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Although 2022 witnessed some promising developments in Yemen, the conflict there is entering its eighth year with no clear long-term resolution in sight. Despite a …
In emergency cases, timely and effective care can reduce morbidity and mortality. Consequently, the ICRC supported the Directorate of Health Services, Jammu (DHSJ) and the Directorate of Health …
As a milestone in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC's) relationship with National Societies (NSs), two Partnership Framework Agreements (PFAs) were signed for three years (2023-2025) …
Through its permanent presence in Israel and the Occupied Territories (ILOT) since 1967, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working to alleviate the suffering of people …
For people living in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the past year of hostilities comes on top of nine years of grinding armed conflict. In many places, intense fighting has severely damaged or …
Statement by Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to the Regional Conference on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, San …
On 23 February, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) co-hosted the launch of the Chinese translation of the book …
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 …
Over the last 12 months, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been responding to some of the most urgent needs in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. It has truly been a global …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Xinhua News Agency co-organized a two-day workshop on Journalism and Safety in Conflicts on Feb. 21st - 22nd in Beijing. The workshop included …
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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.
