The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided emergency assistance to over 1,500 displaced families who are currently living in Myaning Gyi Ngu, Ohn Taw, Khamamaung town and their …
On September 10, Eastern Libya experienced the devastating impact of Storm Daniel, resulting in severe damage to multiple cities. Derna, Sousa, Taknes, Al-Bayda, Al-Marj, Massah, and Gandula Shahat …
The ICRC has been working in Luhansk and surrounding areas since 2014, providing assistance to affected and vulnerable communities. From January to December 2022, our colleagues in Luhansk helped …
The majority of the population in Myanmar relies on farming as their primary source of livelihood. However, decades of armed conflict, other violence and natural disasters have destroyed farmland and …
As a result of armed conflict, natural disasters and migration, people sometimes get separated from their families, go missing or die. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the only …
13-10-2023 Geneva (ICRC) — Nothing can justify the horrific attacks Israel suffered last weekend. Our hearts go out to people who lost family members or are worried sick about loved ones taken …
10-10-2023 Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Extreme levels of armed violence in Haiti are preventing an increasing number of people from accessing essential services like health care. Many health facilities …
Between 2021-2023, the ICRC convened a high-level advisory board to advise the organization and develop concrete recommendations on the legal and policy challenges to protect civilians from cyber …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has an exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflict and other violence, often working …
The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes raises profoundly worrying questions for humanity. We take a look at some of the key questions and concerns surrounding the use of …
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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.
