Goma (ICRC) – Following recent demonstrations and other violence around North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 120 wounded people are being treated at Beni General …
No one can address these challenges alone, we must work together. A little over a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world down to its knees. No country was spared the wrath, revealing how …
One year on: stories of hardships, resilience and change in times of COVID-19. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected everyone, everywhere, in one way or another, but not equally: it has hit …
"Wheelchair basketball has changed my life. It is helping me build my confidence and given me a sense of strength. It has become my ultimate source of happiness,” says Woubrist Getnet, a person …
"I am finally able to have my family around me after a very hard and tough phase of our lives.” How would you feel if you had not seen nor heard from a beloved member of your family for 18 good …
Suva, Fiji (ICRC) – Twenty officers from the Fiji Corrections Service who will be deployed for one year on a UN mission to South Sudan attended a pre-deployment training facilitated by the …
In 2020, the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) continued to provide vital services responding to the most pressing needs, carrying out urgent repairs to critical water infrastructure, …
What is the enduring legacy of endless war? The average time that the ICRC has been present in its 10 largest operations is 42 years. The duration of humanitarian operations in protracted conflict …
March - August 2020 Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Egypt, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been in contact with relevant authorities as well its partner in the …
The 11th edition of the Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award is now opened. Candidates can send their work until 8 June 2021. Download the call for entry Every year since 2011, the ICRC has awarded 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.
