This is the third of a series of Humanitarium events to explore localization in contemporary humanitarian action - a major policy discussion in the sector today following the Grand Bargain. The event …
This Evaluation was commissioned by the ICRC’s Evaluation office and the Operational Thematic Unit. The Evaluation aimed to generate evidence and understanding of the enabling factors and barriers to …
This evaluation focused on the achievement of the strategy for Analysis & Evidence, as part of the ICRC's economic security programme. The evaluation found that the strategy had been well achieved, …
In 2012-2013, the ICRC held four regional consultations with government experts from across Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific and Middle East. In total, the consultations …
An open letter to all United Nations Member States: We continue to sound the alarm. Scores of health-care workers are being killed or injured while caring for sick and wounded men, women and children …
2020-2021 REPORT IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PARTICIPATION OF THE AMERICAN STATES IN IHL TREATIES AND THEIR NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE AMERICAS This …
A conference report and a detailed program are available for download at the bottom of this page. On 16 and 17 September, the ICRC, the University of Exeter and the UK Arts and Humanities Research …
On September 30, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the EU Institute for Security Studies hosted a colloquium on the theme of "Women and Armed Conflicts and the issue of Sexual …
By working party on public international law (COJUR) The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to promoting respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) as part of its wider commitment, laid …
Under the Myanmar Community Support Project (MCSP), the World Bank will continue to fund ICRC’s interventions to help vulnerable, violence-affected communities in Myanmar. Latest update September …
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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.
