The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – working closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – developed the Safer Access Framework (SAF) between 2002 and 2003. The SAF …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will continue working on the ground to support the Afghan people, said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, head of the ICRC's regional delegation in Beijing, in …
Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations Security Council Open Debate, New York 23 September 2021. The International Committee of the Red …
What are biometric data? What uses are there for this type of information? And what risks do we need to remain aware of? To open the seventh DigitHarium month, our Tokyo delegation has invited …
These dolls are just a few centimetres long. You could fit three, five or even ten in the palm of your hand. They are made out of colourful fabrics, paper, twigs and yarn. In some parts of Guatemala, …
Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the high-level segment of the 2nd Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions …
Jakarta, Indonesia - Collaborative work among the authorities, education institutions, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders in order to ensure the continuity and resumption of education …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) undertook a comprehensive Family Needs Assessment (FNA) among the families of missing Zimbabwean migrants as part of the Missing and Deceased …
16-09-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The 16th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to 1990s and August 2008 armed conflicts took place …
The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent organization, whose humanitarian mission is to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict, and to promote respect for international …
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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.
