Statement A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Laëtitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation to the UN, to the United Nations General …
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has partnered with the Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park (SRTIP) to establish the first Energy and …
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
How much value do you place in a hospital discharge card? For Mama Josephine Adul, a discharge card from Lopiding hospital dated 1994 symbolized two things: hope that she was now well and the child …
06-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The remains of 23 people missing in connection with the armed conflict of 1992–1993 in Abkhazia were identified and returned to their families on 6 December 2023, with the …
Over more than a decade of armed conflict, thousands of families in northeast Nigeria have seen their homes destroyed. That’s why we’re working with communities to rebuild them, together. Bulama Modu …
In situations of armed conflict, other situations of violence, disasters and in the context of migration, countless families become separated, many people go missing and bodies of the deceased remain …
04-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the ICRC, is in Gaza today to advance efforts that alleviate the devastating humanitarian toll the ongoing conflict is taking on …
About the Event Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), this course on international humanitarian law (IHL) is designed to help senior humanitarian practitioners and …
People with disabilities encounter various challenges, both obvious and hidden. They go through a range of mental and emotional obstacles, from feelings of helplessness and diminished self-worth to …
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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.
