The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) employs close to 20,000 people in over 100 countries. These humanitarians face unprecedented challenges as they work in difficult circumstances and …
Juba, South Sudan (ICRC)— The South Sudan National Wheelchair Basketball team will participate in the 1st African Mix Wheelchair Basketball International Tournament organized by the International …
© "Isolation 1, 2, 3, 4" by Gary Murrell Armed conflicts exacerbate the existing barriers faced by persons with disabilities and expose them to greater harm. International humanitarian law (IHL), …
There are more than 100 armed conflicts in the world today. The suffering caused by these conflicts, combined with climate shocks and rising food and energy prices, will make 2023 a year of vast …
Geneva (ICRC) – Humanitarian needs in dozens of countries from Yemen to Somalia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are rising, a pattern that the International Committee of the Red …
Decades of conflict, insecurity, climate-related phenomena, and natural disasters have affected the overall health indicators in Somalia, most of which score very low. An extreme drought caused by …
The speakers, participants, and guests of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Police Colloquium. From 28 November to 1 December, the ICRC jointly organized the 2nd Asia-Pacific Police Colloquium with the …
Ten teams recently participated in an international wheelchair basketball championship organized by the ICRC's regional delegation in New Delhi in partnership with the Wheelchair Basketball …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of power …
24-11-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – As winter sets in across Afghanistan and as the economic crisis worsens, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seeing a spike in cases of child pneumonia …
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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.
