The ICRC in collaboration with the International Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities (IATBU), the International Association of Buddhist Universities (IABU), Shan State Buddhist University, …
Massive flooding that residents say they haven’t seen before have left hundreds of thousands of people displaced with little or no means to survive across different parts of South Sudan. In the area …
The ICRC translates over 14 million words a year from and into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and many more languages. But what actually is translation? One of our in-house …
This poster introduces the Restoring Family Links (RFL) Code of Conduct on Data Protection and highlights key data protection principles which should be complied with when processing data within the …
It could be hard to imagine that such turquoise waters have ever witnessed a conflict between belligerents, destruction, or displacement of people. This is the Red Sea Coast in Zubab, Bab El Mandeb …
15-12-2020 One month after ceasefire deal, deep humanitarian needs persist One month after a ceasefire deal in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict came into effect, hundreds of thousands of people remain …
“HE’S BEING MISSED AT THAT TABLE” Assessing the Needs of Family Members of Missing Persons during the Military Regime in Brazil: case “Perus' grave” REPORT At that table¹ He often sat at that table …
When collecting someone’s data to help them find a missing loved one, he or she has the right to transparency about what will happen to that data. This is explained in an ‘information notice’. This …
In collaboration with an academic institution in Greece Marcel Junod was a Swiss doctor and one of the most well-known ICRC delegates. In 1935, Junod decides to join ICRC's humanitarian mission in …
Occupying 222,500 square meters, the largest mosque in Yemen has been recently built. It followed the distinctive Yemeni architectural style, inspired by the style of the Grand Mosque in Sana’a built …
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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.
