The Pretoria Regional Delegation continues to work with various stakeholders with the objective of assisting people in humanitarian need as well as capacitating national authorities to enable them to …
12-05-2017 Geneva/Dhaka – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Bangladesh's prison directorate are hosting the fourth Asia-Pacific Correctional Managers Conference in Dhaka from 16 …
The majority of Syrians who sought refuge in Jordan came with little or no belongings. Due to the protracted nature of the Syrian conflict, their financial assets were quickly depleted. Some 80% of …
54-year-old Isaaq Abdirahman’s crops were wiped out by the severe drought in Somalia. When conditions did not improve, he moved his family to a displacement camp on the outskirts of Baidoa where they …
Thank you to the Chinese Government for inviting the ICRC to the Belt and Road Forum. At ICRC we've been following the development of the Belt and Road Initiative with great interest. We commend this …
Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was designed by the CICR in close …
During January, February, March and April 2017, the ICRC delegation in Kyrgyzstan continued assisting victims of violence, visiting detainees and providing improved access to basic health care. We …
''Our hopes won't vanish until they - or something belonging to them - is found, dead or alive, we believe the truth will come out.'' Every person's disappearance means a lifetime struggle for the …
Al-Sheikh Ejleen - Central Gaza Due to power shortage, wastewater treatment plants are no longer fully functional. Without the treatment, wastewater, contaminated with feces, gets pumped directly …
During 2016, the ICRC recorded 838 alleged violations of IHL and other humanitarian principles that affected nearly 18,600 people in Colombia. The organization is also concerned about the …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
