15-06-2021 Panama City / Ottawa / Geneva, 15 June 2021 – To respond to the unmet needs of Venezuelan migrants, including refugees, living in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Red Cross Red …
The 5th National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was conducted in Bahr Dar city, northern Ethiopia, from May 28-29, 2021. Fifty-seven (57) law students drawn from 19 …
Double rows of cars mixed with a crowd of people; all sluggishly move along the narrow road. The crowd heads to a large hill that holds a burial ground and stands as a stark reminder of the young …
On Monday 7 June, two weeks after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, the Congolese authorities announced a plan for the “phased return” of Goma residents who had fled the city. Prime Minister Sama …
In today’s armed conflicts, cyber operations are increasingly used in support of and alongside kinetic operations. Several States have publicly acknowledged such use, and many more are developing …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with Journal al-Jamiah of State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta and the International Institute of Advanced …
Missing persons: The Right to know Many people go missing during conflict or war causing anguish and uncertainty for their families and friends. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, families of …
On June 1st to 4th, 2021, the Second Conference of Global Health Forum (GHF) of Boao Forum for Asia was held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier delivered a …
Statement The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, visited Myanmar to meet with Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on 3 …
Statement I visited Gaza yesterday, and the south of Israel today. The trauma in this region grows after each new round of hostilities. People remain wary of what's to come. What people shared with …
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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.
