For the past years, the ICRC estimated that tens of millions of people lived in areas controlled by non-state armed groups and thus outside of regular services provided by state-run governance …
Statement Briefing on Humanitarian situation of Stranded and Detained People in Northeast Syria "The past decade has been one of savage loss for Syrians. Many of you have seen the intense suffering …
What can connectivity do for people living through an emergency? What are the barriers to setting it up? And how can we ensure that it is kept safe to use? In partnership with the Humanitarian Policy …
As the civil war (1976-1992) in Mozambique escalated, the humanitarian needs grew exponentially. In the late 70’s ICRC set base for the first time in Mozambique to give the much-needed support to the …
Statement Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the UN Security Council Open Debate on Cyber Security, maintaining international peace and security in cyberspace. Excellencies, …
Asli Salad has been selling clothes in Mogadishu for more than 20 years. Number of buyers have dwindled since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. After receiving USD 500 from the ICRC, she has …
26-06-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) strongly condemns the killing of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members in Tigray region of Ethiopia on June 25. We stand in …
A little boy shakes hands with an ICRC delegate with a broad smile on his face at a prisoner of war (PoW) camp in Geoje on June 4, 1951. ICRC / s.n. A game of ssireum (traditional Korean wrestling) …
Armed conflict and other situations of widespread violence generate immediate and additional health-care requirements for wounded and sick people. These requirements increase at the very time when …
24-06-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday facilitated a second medical evacuation of wounded people that was carried out by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and …
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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.
