Saratu Bitrus On not knowing the fate of her daughter, Saratu says, “I was devastated and confused and sick… I didn’t know whether or not I had children.” Abdikarim MOHAMED/ICRC Abdullahi Abubakar …
This booklet provides an overview of ICRC Missing Persons Project’s current activities and future ambitions. Launched in 2018, the project was born out of the conviction that a worldwide joining of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI), an umbrella organization for 17 Indonesian faith-based groups, and Christian public health …
Here you can find the recordings of all the panels For the official launch of the second edition of the Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action , the ICRC has organized an all-day digital …
I don't care for myself. But the only thing that I couldn't stand is to see my little kid suffer from the agony of separation. Senait and her husband were married for more than a decade. They have a …
Northern Mozambique is engulfed in a conflict that is getting worse. Hannah Matthews headed up the ICRC’s work in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. The British aid worker looks back on her two …
The images have been seen around the world: Migrants trying to cross the high seas from Libyan shores in a desperate bid to reach Europe. Many don’t make it, their bodies washing ashore, unnamed and …
30-08-2020 Today marks the International Day of the Disappeared – a day created to remember missing persons worldwide and put the plight of their families on the agenda of decision-makers. In Iraq, …
10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons I. Introduction 1. On 2 March 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the …
3 families, 3 stories, a shared distress: that of not knowing the fate of your missing child. When faced with uncertainty and without reliable information, all scenarios become possible, including …
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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.
