Ulaanbaatar (ICRC-MRCS) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS) co-hosted the 2024 Asia-Pacific Advanced Session on International Humanitarian …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the Belgian Red Cross andthe Belgian EU Presidency, organised a high-level event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. The event …
The Council of the EU recently approved Council conclusions on protection in humanitarian settings to help reduce the lack of protection of people affected by conflicts and violence and the …
04-06-2024 Goma (ICRC) – On 30 May 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) suspended food aid to displaced people living between Kanyabayonga and Burangiza, and in Bulindi, which …
Today's conflicts are fuelled by a steady supply of arms, ammunition and replacement parts. To prevent the devastating harm that results from the widespread availability and misuse of weapons, …
The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are international treaties, ratified or acceded to by virtually all States. They protect the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field; wounded, sick …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Shangri-La Dialogue, Special Session 5: AI, Cyber Defence and Future Warfare – 1 June 2024, Singapore. …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Shangri-La Dialogue, Special Session 5: AI, Cyber Defence and Future Warfare – 1 June 2024, Singapore. …
Doha, Qatar – In a collaborative effort to address the ongoing humanitarian needs in Libya, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have successfully …
In a landmark initiative aimed at bolstering law enforcement capacities in the conflict-affected province of Balochistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan and 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.
