We sat down with Vivien Lusted, an ICRC health program manager from Loughrea, County Galway, about the challenges she faces and how she stays motivated. Vivien always dreamt of being a nurse and …
Violence and fighting in the northern part of Ethiopia, severely impacted the civilian population during the year 2021. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes looking for shelter and …
The ICRC Evaluation Strategy 2022-2024 provides a common understanding of the purpose for evaluation in the ICRC, and guides how evaluations are planned, managed, conducted, and used across the …
On 26 January 2022, the ICRC Regional Delegation in Kuwait signed a grant agreement with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) for 1 million USD to support humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh. …
07-02-2022 Each day is a struggle for survival for hundreds of thousands of people living close to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine. Water, gas, and electricity supplies are limited. The …
The ICRC is performing an open procurement tender concerning 3 years frame agreement for hygienic parcels. Bidders who are interested will find below attached the related tender documents. Closing …
04-02-2022 Addis Ababa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday flew in its tenth cargo plane in ten days carrying vital medical supplies into the Tigray region of …
04-02-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer will visit Niger from 7-10 February to see firsthand the humanitarian situation as the country grapples with …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appealing for 2.4 billion Swiss francs to help it meet the humanitarian needs of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of …
03-02-2022 Juba (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the release of four persons, detained in relation to the conflict between the Sudan People's Liberation …
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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.
