In early November, escalating tensions between the national government in Addis Ababa and the northern region of Tigray boiled over into armed clashes. While a telecommunications blackout makes it …
“The International Committee of the Red Cross welcomes the news of a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after weeks of escalation and upheaval for tens of thousands of civilians. Any …
Jerusalem-The International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel and the Occupied Territories announces the winners of the Award for Humanitarian Reporting for the year 2020, themed "the impact of …
Using new and accelerating technologies, the ICRC continues to develop virtual environments as one of the many tools used to teach, motivate and maintain universal respect for IHL. Video games are a …
How is international humanitarian law (IHL) also known as the law of armed conflict, relevant to the Asia-Pacific? How has this region contributed to the development of IHL? Can we identify a …
Colombo — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concluding its latest round of emergency distributions of hygiene and health-related items in places of detention. The distributions …
Publié et annoté pour la première fois, le second volume des procès-verbaux de l’Agence internationale des prisonniers de guerre (AIPG) permet de suivre les activités de cet organisme depuis …
Students of Ragayan Elementary School attended classes in bullet-ridden classrooms. But the construction of a new school has fueled their hope for a brighter future. Protracted conflicts and constant …
06-11-2020 Kyiv (ICRC) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer completed his five-day visit to Ukraine today. Mr Maurer met the president of Ukraine as …
Addis Ababa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on those taking part in clashes in northern Ethiopia to respect people’s lives and property as well as their access to …
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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.
