States often face situations in which their officials may have to use force to maintain or restore public security, law and order. In all such situations, law enforcement officials must ensure that …
Vision 2030 aims to transform the way the ICRC addresses disability inclusion in operations. The strategy is informed by and aligned with key institutional documents and global commitments, draws on …
05-08-2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross is actively responding to the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut and remains committed to supporting Lebanon during these difficult times. - …
Statement Joint statement of Philippine Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross on the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blast On this day 75 years ago, an entirely new …
"It took Africa nearly five months to hit 500,000 COVID-19 cases, but about a month to double that number. Most of these cases are in South Africa, but around the continent we are seeing the virus …
Red Cross volunteers, carrying relief items, on their way to village Madan Bori Sonpala in Morigaon district of Assam. B BORO/ICRC The teams wade through flood waters on non-motorised boats — the …
31-07-2020 The International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement urges all nations to end the nuclear era. Seventy-five years ago, on the morning of 6 August 1945, a B-29 warplane released a terrifying …
Many of the 13 million inhabitants of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are ignoring guidance for preventing the spread of coronavirus. Red Cross volunteers are working hard …
30-07-2020 CAIRO (ICRC / ERC): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated essential personal protective equipment, worth more than 1 million Egyptian pound, to the Egyptian Red …
As the world becomes more urbanized, so, too, does armed conflict. Many of today's conflicts are fought in cities and other population centres. When war comes to town, millions suffer: currently, an …
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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.
