As Syria enters its tenth year of conflict, everyone is facing a mostly invisible threat. The ICRC's largest operation continues to help millions of Syrians to maintain basic living conditions and …
Question "In recent years, States have had to confront a threat emanating from individuals and non-State armed groups that resort to acts of terrorism. In response, States and international …
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has given rise to a number of changes in and challenges to the operations of humanitarian organizations, including the ICRC. Countries affected by armed conflicts or …
Nairobi (Kenya Red Cross/ICRC) – The Kenya Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today donated construction materials to the Kenya Prison Service to be used by prisons …
23-04-2020 ICRC (Sanaa) - People across Yemen will mark Islam's holy month this year amid ongoing conflict, seasonal diseases, floods and rising prices, in a country where the economic situation …
23-04-2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today donated a consignment of vital intensive care equipment to Gazan hospitals but warned that much more needs to be done to get Gaza …
Unprecedented stress on the most advanced health-care systems. Extreme strain on major economies and financial markets. A global shutdown such as the world has never seen before. This is today's …
23-04-2020 Port Moresby (ICRC) – As the COVID-19 pandemic looms, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stepped up its humanitarian response in Papua New Guinea and adopted a …
22-04-2020 Mexico City – The regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Mexico and Central America published its 2020 report highlighting the main humanitarian …
A Gaza city resident buys bread from a bakery. The photo shows new precautionary measures taken amid novel coronavirus (COVID-19) breakout. Gaza City By Abed Zagout A child from Gaza city buys bread …
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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.
