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 …
24-06-2021 Jakarta, 24 June 2021 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) emphasised the need for collective adaptability …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer at the Moscow International Security Conference, June 24, 2021 Excellencies, colleagues Thank you to the Ministry of Defense for the opportunity to address you: In the …
Mental health must not be an afterthought in armed conflicts and emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. But with limited resources and a widespread stigma on mental health, how can people have …
Statement The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped facilitate medical evacuation of wounded people by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) from Togoga village, in Ethiopia's …
The Regional International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Department at the International Committee of the Red Cross is proud to organize for the fifth time a writing competition in Arabic to engage the …
23-06-2021 Joint statement of the Tripartite Commission At the 51 st Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting yesterday, held under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it …
Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer at the Moscow International Security Conference, June 23, 2021 Excellencies, colleagues. It is a pleasure to address you today and I extend my warm …
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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.
