06-02-2024 The following is a short statement from Fabrizio Carboni, Near & Middle East regional director for the International Committee of the Red Cross, following the recent developments in the …
05-02-2024 The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross has appointed Marc Rivers to the position of Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 1 April 2024. Marc Rivers joins the ICRC …
The history of warfare is full of instances of sieges being used as a method of warfare. Some of them are notorious for their exceedingly high death tolls. Contemporary conflicts have again drawn the …
As digital technologies take center stage in contemporary armed conflicts, the Brussels Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) engages with key EU partners advocating for …
25-01-2024 Abidjan/Geneva (ICRC) – Captaining his country at the Africa Cup of Nations, the Senegalese international Kalidou Koulibaly has joined forces with the International Committee of the Red …
The ICRC’s President, Mirjana Spoljaric, visits Aleppo, just days after the devastating earthquake in February 2023. Aleppo/Sana Tarabishi/ICRC The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) responding to the …
24-01-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - Concrete actions must be taken to preserve access to life-saving and emergency medical care in the Gaza Strip, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said …
The Senegalese international appears in "Defenders", the ICRC's latest audiovisual production, and takes aim at behavior that runs counter to the laws of war. The film begins in a makeshift tent: a …
For the past decades, humanitarian organizations have had to adapt to and deal with rapid changes in our technology landscape. Digital technologies in particular carry various promises of improving …
22-01-2024 Kyiv (ICRC) – Thousands of families living in frontline areas are exposed to freezing temperatures, especially given that vital utilities such as water and electricity have been hard-hit …
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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.
