On the occasion of the 2020 Afghanistan Conference held in Geneva 23-24 November, President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross shared these thoughts: In Afghanistan , we …
23-11-2020 Addis Ababa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not received 858 members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) as it was reported. However, the ICRC …
ICRC, SDU, Jesuit network addressed the issue of detention in Asia and the Pacific in "Humanitarian Affairs in Asia" webinar series. On 26 October 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross …
19-11-2020 Abuja/Geneva- The first physical rehabilitation centre in the Borno state capital Maiduguri opens today, bringing physical rehabilitation services to hundreds of people living with …
18-11-2020 Addis Ababa / Geneva (ICRC) – In just two weeks, escalating fighting in Tigray and northern Ethiopia has triggered immense suffering and risks spiralling into a wider humanitarian crisis. …
Jakarta (ICRC) – The spread of COVID-19 is yet to show any signs of slowing down and its threat to prisons including in Papua remains a challenge. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
ICRC supports displaced communities in an effort to mitigate COVID-19 and encourage sustainable living by providing textile supplies for mask production and distribution in Kachin and Rakhine, …
Statement Statement following the meeting between Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and ICRC President Peter Maurer Moscow (ICRC) – On November 17, 2020, Russian Minister of Foreign …
The Book About Me is part of the Birds in Flight programme, which was started in 2010 by the Swedish Red Cross to address the needs of children who have developed or are at risk of developing mental …
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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.
