10-03-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – As the crisis in Syria moves into its second decade, a survey commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross highlights the heavy price paid by young Syrians. …
In its capacity as a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated on 29.01 the transfer of a Saudi detainee from Sana’a to Riyadh. The next day on 30.01, …
Throughout 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC), remained active and committed to reaching families and communities affected by …
30-07-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza shows that 80% of Gaza’s population live much of their lives in the dark, with only 10-12 hours of …
Nigeria's armed conflict has displaced 2 million people and left 7 million in need of humanitarian aid in the four north-eastern states (Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe). Violent communal clashes in …
Senior military officers from 57 countries will meet in Xi’an, China next week for a workshop on the international rules governing military operations, jointly hosted by the ICRC and the People's …
Cyber warfare, autonomous weapons and the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas are among the topics for the third Conference of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law of …
03-04-2024 Bogotá (ICRC) – As a result of Colombia’s eight ongoing armed conflicts, in 2023 thousands of civilians went missing, were displaced, suffered sexual violence, or were wounded by explosive …
Men make war; women live with the consequences. At least that is the way it is largely perceived. Women live and react to those consequences, but they are hardly passive victims. They grieve, they …
Abstract According to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, States have to include the study of those texts within their programmes of military and civil instruction. What role do universities play in …
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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.
