For more than four months, civilians in northern Israel have lived with increasing levels of violence and uncertainty. * Hebrew available here For more than four months, civilians in northern Israel …
Statement Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Ongoing violence in Haiti has shown how essential it is that medical aid reaches the people who need it. The Haitian National Red Cross Society, the International …
As a humanitarian organization with a workforce of over 20,000 staff members active in over 100 countries, it is not uncommon for the ICRC to receive, from time to time, requests in relation to the …
This non-paper reviews the lessons from the partnership and suggests ways to improve delivery in fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) contexts under the International Development Association 21 …
In the context of the historical development of international humanitarian law (IHL), the specific protection of the environment is relatively recent. Still, in the almost fifty years since the first …
Statement Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, at the United Nations Security Council …
Statement Geneva (ICRC) —The International Committee of the Red Cross remains extremely concerned about the lives and welfare of hostages being held in Gaza for more than four months. In addition to …
14-02-2024 Geneva (ICRC) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cautions the parties to the conflict, and the international community, about the dire impact of increased and sustained …
In Ethiopia, the humanitarian needs in areas affected by armed conflict and violence remained sadly enormous in 2023. During 2023, we sustained our efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance and …
The United Nations' Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a coordination group for humanitarian agencies, has produced a basic fact-file on legal aspects of aid work during conflicts. Two dozen concise …
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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.
