Statement Unrestricted and safe humanitarian access urgently needed to save lives and alleviate suffering. Budapest/Geneva - November 18, 2021 — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red …
As an observer to the Climate Conference in Glasgow, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) closely followed climate negotiations and participated in several events to highlight the …
The Book About Me: Manual is part of the Birds in Flight programme, which was started in 2010 by the Swedish Red Cross to address the needs of children who have developed or are at risk of developing …
The small rural post office in Trokhizbenka village, Luhansk region, Ukraine was abandoned for years until local seniors repaired it. It now houses Active Aging Club whose members get together a few …
In the midst of the global pandemic, when people everywhere are feeling isolated from their loved ones, more than 500 families of missing persons from around the world have come together to share …
An exciting new comic by Sydney artist, Claudia Chinyere Akole, tells the story of how neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian action reunites families. The ICRC acts as a neutral …
These guidelines on coordination and information-exchange mechanisms for the search for missing migrants offer recommendations and examples from a wide range of existing practices on how to design …
Statement Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, ICRC vice-president on 15 November 2021 at The Hague Mr President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to speak to you on …
A decade of conflict has weighed heavily on Libya, a country with a rich cultural heritage and home to a generation of youth with dreams of successful careers and economic security. Despite a recent …
13-11-2021 JERUSALEM - The “Humanitarian Hackathon 2021”, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in partnership with MENACatalyst, was concluded this evening in Ramallah. …
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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.
