In 2018, the ICRC published “Towards Humane Prisons: a principled and participatory approach to prison planning and design” to describe the key humanitarian elements to consider when building new …
This document presents a set of principles to guide interaction between families and a broad range of stakeholders, including states and their various organs, international and non-governmental …
Digital identities are sometimes praised as a way of “making the invisible visible”. In humanitarian work, this has often meant giving people a way to prove who they are, so that they can receive …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ–IBA) hosted the annual Humanitarian Reporting Award on 2 December 2021, recognizing some of the …
From restoring family links, to ensuring the dignified treatment and management of the dead, it is the universal principles of humanity and voluntary service that drives our work in Pakistan and the …
Alkhairaat, in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, is arguably one of the biggest and most recognized Islamic educational institutions in Eastern Indonesia. Established in the 1930s by an …
Thailand: Decades after hostilities have ceased in neighboring countries, innocent mine survivors living in Eastern Thailand still bear the scars of war People continue to suffer the consequences of …
Four wheelchair basketball players at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), situated in Chapain, Savar (Dhaka) , give us a sneak peek at their individual journeys and the power of …
Babagana, Gubio Camp, Maiduguri Babagana Adam is a 50-year old livestock keeper displaced from Ngala local government area to Gubio camp, in Maiduguri. ICRC assisted him to restart his business by …
Hidaya, 20, daughter of missing persons “Despite having experienced displacement, I always looked for means to continue schooling. Fortunately, when we stayed with relatives in Luzon, I was able to …
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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.
