Since 1999, the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the annual rendez-vous of IHL experts and practitioners in Belgium. Jointly organized by the ICRC and the College of …
No effort is being spared as teams work tirelessly across city centre locations and mountain villages, searching for signs of life and anyone who may need help. A small number of people remain in …
Watch the full event recording here In situations of armed conflict, access to and the integrity of digital technology is of significant importance and can save lives. At the same time, the …
Final report of the ICRC’s Global Advisory Board on Digital Threats During Armed Conflicts Between 2021-2023, the ICRC convened a Global Advisory Board on Digital Threats During Armed Conflicts to …
In 2023, the NSIA Office received 27 eligible proposals: 14 for Accelerator funding and 13 for Bridge grants. The National Society Investment Alliance (NSIA) is a pooled funding mechanism, run …
Between 2021 and 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convened a global advisory board of high-level leaders and experts from the legal, military, policy, technological, and …
החל מה-7 באוקטובר, מה הייתה תגובת החירום של ה-ICRC? • הדיווחים על אנשים שנחטפו או נישבו מדאיגים ומכאיבים מאוד. אנשי הצלב האדום בישראל, בעזה ובעולם עושים כל שביכולתם כדי ליצור קשר עם הרשויות …
The ICRC has been working in Luhansk and surrounding areas since 2014, providing assistance to affected and vulnerable communities. From January to December 2022, our colleagues in Luhansk helped …
In the region affected by the conflict, around 5,000 people have been missing since the 1990s and the escalation of conflict from 2020–2022. Behind every missing person is a family suffering from the …
The majority of the population in Myanmar relies on farming as their primary source of livelihood. However, decades of armed conflict, other violence and natural disasters have destroyed farmland and …
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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.
