What are digital identities? Why do humanitarian organizations find them useful? And what risks might they pose for people living through crises? For the ninth month of the DigitHarium , we have …
The vocational training center in Mafraq, a Jordanian city of around 60,000 inhabitants near the border with Syria, is abuzz with the rhythmic sound of sewing machines. On the day we visited, five …
A family of labourers, unable to find regular work to feed their growing children. A priest who shelters others but cannot access the monthly heart medication he needs to live. A young girl separated …
UNSC Arria-formula meeting: Addressing challenges of children without parental care in conflict settings. 3 December 2021 Briefing by ICRC Chief Protection Officer, Christian Cardon Excellencies, …
Fai, 49, hospital staff "The assistance of DJF was helpful to my recovery. The crutches that I previously used hurt my armpits, and it’s difficult to use when the floor is slippery. In my stay here …
Statement Speaking at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security, Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), stressed that there can be no stability …
Statement Joint Statement of the Tripartite Commission At the 52 nd meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the search of missing persons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War, which was held yesterday under …
Children born with clubfoot in Somalia, a congenital birth affecting approximately one in every 1000 births globally, are treated at the SRCS centre. The condition, if caught early, is treatable and …
19 participants from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville joined the Second International Conference for Families of Missing Persons, organized by the International Committee of Red Cross’s Central …
02-12-2021 The following is a statement from Esperanza Martinez, the head of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Vaccine inequity impacts us …
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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.
