31-08-2016 Beirut (ICRC) – A conference on the fate of thousands of people who have been missing since the Lebanese civil war took place today. The event, organized by the International Committee of …
The ICRC has scaled up its humanitarian response to civilians affected by armed violence in North East Nigeria. In 2016, we continue to provide food , shelter and essential household items to …
The ICRC continued to help Liberian authorities respond to humanitarian needs while strengthening the capacities of different national institutions. In 2016, we visited detainees, distributed …
Arrival at Kitgum Between 1986 and 2006, some 75,000 people were abducted in northern Uganda. The ICRC is helping the families of those abducted to cope with their pain and move forward. Martina …
In August 2016, staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Northern Ireland and their counterparts from the Northern Ireland branch of the British Red Cross (BRC), …
31-08-2016 Cairo (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The leaders …
Nine women from Ararat region of Armenia learned tapestry weaving with support of the ICRC, the Armenian Red Cross and local partners. They are wives of people who went missing in the …
War, migration and natural disasters cause individuals and families to go missing across the African continent. In each country, it's the responsibility of local forensic experts to use modern tools …
In a street in Lebanon, separating Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen and Bab el-Tebbaneh, women from both neighbourhoods have come together to take part in a self-confidence building session with the Lebanese …
By Dr. Hugo Slim, head of policy of the ICRC. The New Urban Agenda finally recognizes the challenges of urban warfare. But Habitat III also must chart how to ensure safe access to health and …
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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.
