Statement Statement by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered at the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement recently released its comprehensive progress report on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities, providing valuable insights into the ongoing …
Civilian populations are often deprived of basic necessities in war. In order to carry out their tasks, humanitarian organizations must be granted rapid and unimpeded access to the people affected. …
The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (China round) concluded on 26 November in Soochow University, China. The event was jointly organized by the …
Geneva (ICRC) – Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday began carrying out a multi-day operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages held in Gaza and …
This is a summary of the final report of the evaluation of the qualitative and quantitative results of the Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme. The program was developed by the ICRC …
This is the executive summary of the evaluation of the ICRC's crisis management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic . It includes a summary of the management response to recommendations. The …
Statement Observations by the International Committee of the Red Cross on the occasion of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of …
Statement Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, vice-president of the ICRC at the 21st Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of …
21-11-2023 Patrick Youssef is regional director for Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross. He has just returned from Sudan, where he met representatives of the government and of the …
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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.
