10-04-2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today facilitated the handover, between the sides, of the bodies of those killed in action following the recent escalation of the …
A Burundian refugee in Lusenda camp, where 14,000 people have sought refuge, writes a Red Cross message (brief, hand-written messages containing family news) to his family, Lusenda camp, South Kivu, …
The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who, in 1912, proposed the creation of an international fund to support the peacetime activities of National Red Cross and Red …
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Statement of the ICRC, read at the Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, held in Geneva from 11-16 April. The International Committee of …
The ICRC as a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organizazion continues to help those affected by the armed conflict, other situations of violence and natural disasters where it has an …
T-Hawk remotely piloted air system in Afghanistan. © U.S Army As rapid advances continue to be made in new and emerging technologies of warfare, notably those relying on information technology and …
The seven Fundamental Principles provide an ethical, operational and institutional framework for the work of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement around the world. They are at the core of the …
Recent media coverage has suggested that the name of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been misused in relation to companies and foundations in the so-called 'Panama Papers'. If …
What is the budget of the ICRC? The overall budget of the ICRC for 2015 stands at 1.76 billion Swiss Francs (1.85 billion USD). This amount is divided into a budget for headquarters (CHF 199.9 …
13-04-2016 Denpasar – Chiefs and deputy chiefs of the Gegana police force, representing headquarters and 27 provinces, are gathering to discuss international human rights standards for policing. The …
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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.
