The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978, helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and East Sudan and promoting International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Our …
Evgeny Anatolyevich and Valentina Vladimirovna have devoted their entire lives to medicine and serving people. They both come from families of doctors, graduated from a medical institute, got …
Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a joint ICRC/IOM Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025) to establish a new 3-year …
In 2022, the ICRC implemented broad range of activities to support those who reside in conflict-affected communities of Azerbaijan. Thousands of people benefitted from dozens of projects designed to …
The restrictions of movement in part of Hebron’s Old City known as "H2" make it difficult, and sometimes impossible for Palestinians to access essential services such as education and health. This …
The ideas and actions that led to the creation of the largest humanitarian movement in the world are still as startlingly modern and pertinent as ever. The pictures presented here pay homage to the …
When two deadly quakes ripped across southern Türkiye and northwest Syria on February 6, thousands of buildings collapsed, and tens of thousands of lives were lost. No words can describe the sight of …
A barber in La Cota 905 Robert begins his day laying out his tools in the space he has turned into his own salon. Known now as the local barber, he carries out his work with care and creativity. …
08-02-2023 Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – The below is a statement from Martin Schüepp, the director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), after a visit to Haiti that …
To respond to the worst drought in decades crippling East Africa, specifically Kenya, the organization launched an emergency response with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), reaching over 100,000 …
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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.
