27-06-2019 Food and essential household items have been delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the survivors of an attack on the village of Sobané Da in Central Mali . …
This year is the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. The Conventions were agreed with the reality of World War 2 fresh in people's minds and in universal recognition of …
Armed conflict and other emergencies spark an increased need for medical assistance, but attempts to provide health care often leave volunteers, facilities and patients vulnerable to violence. It is …
Since 2004, the ICRC Kuala Lumpur has been partnering with the local university to organize an International Humanitarian Law moot court competition where students argue to prosecute or defend a …
The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), are pleased to confirm that the International Conference on " Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping …
Briefing to UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on “Responding effectively to the needs of refugees, displaced persons and returnees: The role of the United Nations Security Council and its …
Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) co-hosted a policy dialogue on climate change, conflict and resilience on 19 June in …
With 13,000 detainees and with thousands of visitors per day, Insein Central Prison is a very busy place. The day usually opens with the eager expectation of detainees and their loved ones being able …
In 2019, the ICRC commissioned an external evaluation of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative. This evaluation took a case study approach to address a knowledge gap in how HCiD was being …
Jakarta (AHA Centre / BNPB / ICRC) – A regional seminar on dignified management of the dead in disaster situations drew attention to the need to train first responders in proper identification of the …
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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.
