08-09-2021 The following is a statement from Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the end of a four-day trip to Afghanistan. Kabul (ICRC) – The scars of war …
Marking the 72nd anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) jointly launched the …
In December 2019, the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent adopted Resolution 1 (33IC/19/R1), entitled Bringing IHL home: A road map for better national implementation of …
Tens of thousands of newly displaced people in the Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions live in dire conditions after shifting front lines forced them to flee their homes in search of safety. Displaced …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is eager to develop potential cooperation with China on public-health-related projects, said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, head of the ICRC's regional …
Statement Statement to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, First Committee: General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda …
Statement Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, over 100 armed conflicts are being fought around the world, and more and more of them are becoming protracted. In addition, hundreds …
05-09-2021 Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, arrived in Afghanistan today for a three-day visit. While in the country, he plans to visit ICRC-supported medical facilities, the ICRC's …
Three Chinese nurses were presented the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international award given to a nurse, at the 48th Florence Nightingale Award ceremony in Beijing. Held on 2 September, …
Next online editions of the ICRC's HELP course will be held in November, by our partners in Havana, Honolulu and Tokyo. The ICRC, together with our partners, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, 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.
