In 2021, the ICRC launched a project to reduce the sustainable risk of the distributed items distributed. Through this Request for Information (RfI), the ICRC is seeking to identify qualified, …
21-01-2022 Facilities used for detention in Sa’ada, Yemen, were hit early this morning, killing and injuring over a hundred detainees, and emergency workers were searching for victims amidst the …
The year 2021 has been an interesting one for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. From formalizing partnerships with emergency responders, creating spaces for dialogue on …
"Interoperability" was an issue that generated considerable debate during the negotiation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). This term refers to the ability of armed forces or other State …
05-04-1950 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, - Supplement, Vol. III, No. 4. International Committee of the Red Cross to the High Contracting Parties, Signatory to the Geneva Conventions …
31-12-1996 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 315. Statement of the ICRC at the United Nations General Assembly, 51st session, 19 October 1996. A great deal has occurred this year in …
General Debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items. United Nations, General Assembly, 67th session, First Committee, statement by the ICRC, New York, 16 October 2012. …
31-12-2004 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 856, by Louis Maresca. A new protocol on explosive remnants of war by Louis Maresca The author is Legal Adviser, Mines-Arms Unit, Legal …
19-01-2022 A sophisticated cyber security attack against computer servers hosting information held by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was detected this week. The attack …
Statement Statement by the ICRC President Peter Maurer at Afghanistan Economic Conference, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — 19 January 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for 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.
