The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in partnership with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) , and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) are hosting a public discussion …
Armed conflict, civil war, clashes and violence; these are words that are used to describe unrest. The consequences? Malnourished children, weapon wounded victims in hospitals, displacement, …
09-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – After eight years of conflict, 11.7 million people across Syria require humanitarian aid. In the face of such need, the International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply …
Statement to UN General Assembly Third Committee Informal Dialogue with Mr. Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert leading the UN Study on Children Deprived of Liberty As delivered by Ms. Agnès Coutou, …
Vilet and Enose survived Hurricane Dorian, but lost touch when they were evacuated from Abaco Island. Only with the help of a Red Cross volunteer were they reunited. Photo and text: John Engedal …
07-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – Nearly three in four millennials – 73 per cent – surveyed across 15 countries said that mental health needs are as important as water, food and shelter for victims of wars …
An Sinet, team captain The year 2015 was my first time travelling to Malaysia to play with their men’s wheelchair basketball team. I learnt so much from them, especially the coach. He not only helped …
The Seoul mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in association with other international organizations and the Korean International Cooperation Agency marked World …
04-10-2019 BAGHDAD (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross is concerned by the increasingly violent clashes between protesters and security forces across Iraq . The deaths of civilians …
The ICRC and senior security and justice sector personnel in Somali region discussed ways of further strengthening their existing relations and cooperation related to humanitarian issues at a …
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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.
