A lack of progress on tackling violence against humanitarian workers means populations will ultimately suffer, the ICRC told a Parliamentary committee hearing this week. Giving evidence to the …
03-04-2019 Mexico (ICRC) – Migrants travelling through Central America and Mexico began receiving WhatsApp messages on Monday with advice on how to avoid and prevent accidents, illness and being …
Photojournalism award Created in 2011 and endowed with 8,000 euros, the ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award is awarded each year to a professional photojournalist who has covered a humanitarian issue …
La San dreamed of getting a proper education and moving up in life. But the more immediate aim was to take the exams and then go for a trip. "I wanted to visit my relatives in China," says La San. …
Children often pay a heavy price in times of war. They have to endure the direct and indirect consequences of hostilities, both of which can have a lasting impact on their development. In this …
Have you observed the difference between the right and left sides of this picture? On the left side, the land is green while the right is a wasteland. Though it is the same land with the same fertile …
Yousef al-Yazji, ICRC prevention officer in charge of engagement with actors of influence in the Gaza Strip For Humanitarian action to be fully supported and understood, humanitarian organizations, …
Statement Security Council briefing on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law – International humanitarian law: "Safeguarding Humanitarian Space" Mr. President, thanks for the opportunity …
Statement Statement to UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting: Protecting humanitarian and medical personnel Ministers, dear colleagues, I will start with this frank assessment: in conflicts …
This Q&A offers preliminary responses to ten frequently asked questions which the ICRC has addressed, in particular since the launch of its framework and strategy on access to education in 2017. 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.
