The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
Communities in the Western and Southern parts of Sudan suffered from the humanitarian consequences of years of conflicts that affected the provision of basic services. Their homes, lands, and crops …
Cairo (ICRC / ECSS) Coinciding with the visit of Gilles Carbonnier, the Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Egypt, the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies …
The Central Tracing Agency 150th anniversary: Transforming the global response for missing persons For the 150th anniversary of the Central Tracing Agency, one of the oldest institutions whose …
11-05-2021 Statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, ICRC "The recent rockets in Israel and airstrikes in Gaza represent a dangerous escalation of the …
Twenty-five outstanding nurses from 18 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal , which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. …
In Libya, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works to help families find loved ones missing due to conflict as part of its Restoring Family Links program. One ICRC humanitarian …
10-05-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and oxygen concentrators to Egypt’s Ministry of Health to support national efforts to …
Together we are #unstoppable. PNG, 8 May 2021 – Today, we are celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day dedicated to recognising the impact of Red Cross staff and volunteers . This year …
08-05-2021 Jerusalem (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply worried about the recent spike of violent confrontations in Jerusalem. Last night our partners from 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.
