From 26-30 April 2021, online, the Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries took place, under the overarching theme: 'Partnership, persistence and a sense …
The Global Independent Board of Appeal (GIBA) is an internal review mechanism offered by the ICRC to all employees, which allows them to challenge dismissals and disciplinary measures if they believe …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ-IBA) are excited to announce that applications for the 2021 Humanitarian Reporting Award are now …
09-07-2021 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement expresses its solidarity with the Haitian people, in particular those who have faced many hardships because of the cyclone season, the …
As digital technologies become more pervasive and part of our everyday lives, “connectivity” has moved from an enabler for faster and more efficient humanitarian action to a service that many people …
09-07-2021 Beijing, 9 July 2021 – The World Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently launched a report titled ‘Joining Forces …
Digital technologies – how they are being used, by and against whom – are among the "new" realities that the humanitarian organizations have to factor into the design of their humanitarian response. …
The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …
In Iran, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ICRC, works to help families find their loved ones missing due to conflict, migration or natural disaster, as part of its Restoring Family …
The article was written by Carmen Garcia Duro What does "sustainability" mean for the ICRC? "Sustainability" is a commonly used word, and in the field of logistics, it is no exception. To dissect …
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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.
