For many people, the death of a loved one is marked by grief and certainty. Condolences are shared by relatives and friends, burial rites are held, and the remains are moved to a grave, providing …
28-08-2020 Juba (ICRC)—As 30 August marks the International Day of the Disappeared, thousands of South Sudanese intensify their search for their missing loved ones, an agonizing effort now recognized …
COVID-19 poses unprecedented challenges to states and communities across the globe. Like in many other countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has joined the massive efforts …
At a night like any other Ramadan night in 2016, Abu Saif sat on his couch to read the Quran. And as usual, he had prepared food rations to give away to the poor the next day. However, that night, …
Gaza – Gazans are facing a critical “double crisis” as they struggle to cope with an acute electricity shortage just as COVID-19 has escaped containment and begun community transmission among the …
How do we remember armed conflict? The International Committee of the Red Cross and Australian Red Cross present the Memory and War edition of the International Review of the Red Cross in a free …
Statement to Arria Formula Meeting on Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure Thanks to the Government of Indonesia – and especially to Ambassador Djani – for the invitation to address you …
26-08-2020 Nairobi (ICRC)—As 30 August marks International Day of the Disappeared, nearly 44,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross …
The report Clarifying the fate and whereabouts of missing migrants: Exchanging information along migratory routes lays out the extensive discussions and conclusions of a workshop co-organised in …
Detainees and places of detention are some of the most vulnerable to the spread of the COVID-19. Many places of detention can be densely populated making the spread of the disease easier. The ICRC …
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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.
