The severity of the humanitarian situation in Nigeria has been further exacerbated with the onset of COVID-19 in February 2020 and its subsequent spread. The virus has since spread to all 37 states …
Statement of Peter Maurer , President of the ICRC, to the sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 17 August 2020 — This year's Conference of States Parties to the Arms …
In parts of Mindanao, the continuing impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health and livelihood has made it harder for vulnerable farming households to recover from the effects of armed conflict. To learn …
Small Pacific Island Nations are highly vulnerable when it comes to natural disasters and pandemics. With its long experience working on humanitarian issues in prisons, including advising on the …
Humanitarian aid services have not stopped after five months since the beginning of the pandemic. The regional delegation to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay continues to carry out its …
In 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched an updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention which regulates the treatment of prisoners of war. The four Geneva …
“We didn’t expect this coming. I wake up every morning, having no idea how we will survive the day.” Coronavirus is affecting us all, in the UK and around the world, but in different ways. This is …
This strategy is a source of guidance and motivation for Water and Habitat teams and the teams we work with. It underpins our forward-looking effort to help influence debates affecting our …
Prosecutors play a crucial role in the enforcement of international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the rules of armed conflict, through the prosecution of alleged perpetrators of war crimes. …
The pandemic has fundamentally altered every aspect of our lives and with the toll crossing more than 700,000 globally and 45,000 in India, it has hugely impacted the way we deal with deaths. Health …
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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.
