Speech of Balthasar Staehelin, the personal envoy of the ICRC president to China and head of the Regional Delegation for East Asia, for the Forum on Digital Poverty Reduction and Charity, World …
The restorative project supporting families mourning loved ones who disappeared during the violence period (1980-2000) in Peru. When a person goes missing, their loved ones often carry a photograph …
A speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the international humanitarian conference for the people of Gaza held in Paris. The suffering we …
In the heart of Myanmar's Kayin State, the Hpa-An Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre (HORC) has been serving the community since it was set up in 2003. Run by the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) with …
This report covers the activities of The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Ukraine since the onset of the international conflict in February 2022 until June 2023. Download the latest Movement …
State representatives from 15 countries of Northeast, Southeast Asia and the Pacific region gather to take stock of modern challenges and find ways to enhance the respect and implementation of …
Statement Jerusalem (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply troubled that its humanitarian convoy in Gaza City came under fire on Tuesday. The ICRC reminds the parties …
07-11-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – One month on, civilians in Gaza and Israel are being forced to endure tremendous suffering and loss. This needs to stop. With a military siege in place, people in Gaza are …
Key Facts and Figures 07 October – 06 November 2023 One month on, civilians pay the heavy price of intense violence Renewed hostilities in Israel and Gaza –unprecedented in scale and intensity– …
November 7th marked one month since the first of a series of three earthquakes - with a magnitude of 6.3 - and multiple aftershocks, jolted the western Afghan province of Herat. The earthquakes were …
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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.
