The Pacific Islands Roundtable on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) provides a dedicated forum for regional discussions and exchanges on IHL issues of importance to the Pacific region. It creates …
October 10th marks World Mental Health Day and the theme for this year is “Mental Health in an unequal world”. For most Pacific Island Nations, the global commemorative event hits closer to home as …
A webinar brought managers and specialists together who shared their experiences; the city of Fortaleza presented unprecedented research on the impact of violence on these workers Brasília (ICRC) – …
Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations General Assembly, 76th Session, Sixth Committee Plenary Meeting on Measures to Eliminate …
Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations General Assembly, 76th Session - Third Committee, General Debate The ICRC would like to draw further …
Marcello Queiroz is ICRC's regional specialist in mental health across the Middle East. On World Mental Health Day, we asked him what the picture is like for mental health across the region. Why does …
From 14 October to 8 December 2021, the ICRC, supported by the EU and in collaboration with the Portuguese Red Cross (CVP) broadcast across cinemas in Portugal a short film on the risks to …
Access to physical rehabilitation services is essential for ensuring that people with physical disabilities can participate fully in society. Regaining mobility is an important step towards having …
In an informal tête-à-tête, Cynthia Novee Jane Dumanig, who is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) field officer in the Philippines, talks about her ICRC journey, which began at the …
Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations General Assembly, New York 22 September 2021. Excellencies, …
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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.
