Safety first! An ICRC forensic expert, Stephen Fosenca, explains the risks first responders face when rushing to help. The participants also shared their experiences, including responding to the bomb …
President's address to the Human Rights Council On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I pay tribute to the work of the Council and the High Commissioner as a tireless …
Report assessing the needs of family members of missing persons during the Military Regime in Brazil: case "Perus' …
In 1992, Tith Pao went with a friend to gather wood behind the refugee camp they lived in. The next thing he remembers, a loud explosion. "I looked down at my leg and saw that my foot had been …
In the village of Toya, 20 km from Timbuktu, people's lives are shaped by two devastating forces: climate and conflict. Overlooking sweeping sand dunes bordering the Niger River and – behind sparse …
The president of the ICRC took part in a lively discussion at London's Chatham House as part of a two-day visit to the UK last week. The event saw Peter Maurer and the director of Chatham House, Dr …
The local scenario and the Safer Access methodology from ICRC Urban Violence in Brazil The armed violence and its most visible indicators have increased in cities in Brazil and in many countries in …
It is time to give a voice back to over 8.5 million victims of the conflict. Christoph Harnisch Head of the ICRC Delegation in Colombia Colombia is now living through hopeful yet uncertain …
The aim of these principles is to establish a transparent framework for relationships between the private sector and the ICRC. Content: Purpose ICRC's private sector strategy Guiding principles …
01-03-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appointed two new members, Edouard Bugnion and Katja Gentinetta. Mr Bugnion has been a professor in …
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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.
