Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/GVA23/00104) to establish a new 3-year Framework Agreement for …
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
06-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The remains of 23 people missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992–1993 in Abkhazia were identified and returned to their families on 6 December 2023, with the …
In situations of armed conflict, other situations of violence, disasters and in the context of migration, countless families become separated, many people go missing and bodies of the deceased remain …
About the Event Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), this course on international humanitarian law (IHL) is designed to help senior humanitarian practitioners and …
The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (China round) concluded on 26 November in Soochow University, China. The event was jointly organized by the …
This is a summary of the final report of the evaluation of the qualitative and quantitative results of the Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme. The program was developed by the ICRC …
This is the executive summary of the evaluation of the ICRC's crisis management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic . It includes a summary of the management response to recommendations. The …
To watch the city you love die is heart-breaking, yet this is a reality for many as wars are increasingly fought in urban areas. When wars are fought in cities, they devastate buildings and …
This is a summary of the final report of the evaluation on the National Society Development initiative in Yemen. The evaluation focuses on assessing to which extent NSD support had contributed to 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.
