The war in Colombia isn’t over, it’s simply changed: armed conflicts now dominate life here in the remotest regions of the country. Time and time again we see with our own eyes violations of …
To watch the city you love die is heart-breaking, yet this is a reality for many as wars are increasingly fought in urban areas. When wars are fought in cities, they devastate buildings and …
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 is a summary of the final report for the Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023. It aimed to gauge the organizational changes brought about by the Innovation Facilitation Team's approach …
The ICRC International Humanitarian Law Bibliography lists references to publications in English and French on international humanitarian law. The bibliography is based on books and other material in …
26-12-2007 Article, International Law Forum, University of Jerusalem, by Cordula Droege. International human rights law and international humanitarian law are traditionally two distinct branches of …
In Ethiopia, the humanitarian needs in areas affected by armed conflict and violence remained sadly enormous in 2023. During 2023, we sustained our efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance and …
The civilian population continues to bear the brunt of the war. We wish that the figures we report here for humanitarian consequences belonged to the distant past. However, these figures reflect the …
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 …
The legal classification of armed conflict – determining whether a situation of violence is an international armed conflict (IAC) or a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) under international …
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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.
