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 …
The Bangladesh delegation of the ICRC, as with other delegations around the globe, has been developing contacts with religious leaders who play a vital role in carrying out and facilitating …
01-12-2021 The human toll of the armed conflict in Yemen continues to grow, with an estimated 40,000 people in Ma’reb and more than 10,000 in Hodeida forced to leave their homes since September in …
From 10 December 2021 to 11 February 2022, the ICRC presents the exhibition "Urban Warfare" at Geopolis in collaboration with the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian …
01-12-2021 The humanitarian and peacekeeping response in the region, the current challenges to international humanitarian law (IHL) and IHL from an African perspective were amongst the topics …
The ICRC has been working for more than 30 years to improve the stoves used by both resident and displaced civilian groups, as well as the stoves used in hospitals, places of detention, community …
Kenyatta University students beat 6 other international teams to emerge winners at the All Africa Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) hosted by the International Committee of the Red …
Being warm and living in peace is a shared understanding of what life is all about. Predictability and the routine of life, which enable connections with loved ones are also important prerequisites …
The people of Gaza are no strangers to danger and hardship. Over the past fifteen years, this densely populated strip of land has endured four major military operations and countless outbreaks of …
The Analysis & Evidence Week 2021 - Data, data, data... but then what? provides a unique forum to engage in the common topics facing evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian action. The event …
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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.
