Throughout the first three quarters of 2020, despite the challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the South Sudan Red Cross …
Jerusalem - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) have partnered with Palestinian social media influencers to help try and combat …
The International Conference is a unique forum bringing together the world's largest humanitarian network and nearly every government. It is a major event on the humanitarian calendar and the premier …
When the worst calamities or extreme events occur, health-care personnel are often the first point of contact for victims and their relatives. But shockingly, these same personnel are frequently the …
Statement Speech of Dr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the ICRC — 16 November 2020, Geneva Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, …
It is one month since the ICRC helped to transport home more than 1,000 former detainees. It was the largest wartime transfer operation the ICRC has been involved in for nearly 70 years. Two ICRC …
The effects of an exploding landmine or explosive remnant of war create patterns of injuries distinct from what is taught in general medical training. The wounds, often numerous, are of such a nature …
ICRC Director-General Robert Mardini made his first field visit in his new position to Afghanistan, from 8-11 November, where the ICRC has been helping people suffering from the consequences of war …
12-11-2020 This week marks two years since the Lebanese Parliament passed Law 105 on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, thus acknowledging the families’ right to know the fate and whereabouts of …
Dedicated infection prevention and control programme in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society …
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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.
