Losing someone you love is the worst nightmare every human being dreads. When you lose a loved one to conflict and violence, there is more than pain. There is anger and frustration. There is trying …
28-05-2019 Beijing (ICRC) – More than 80 emergency response experts and professional first responders from China have gathered in Beijing for the 1st International Seminar on Disaster Health from 27 …
Dating to 1910, the bakery of Abu-Shadi Abu-Sneineh has almost become a landmark in the Old City of Jerusalem. Located in the lively al-Saadiyeh neighborhood, Abu-Shadi’s bakery is famous for its …
Manila (ICRC) – Nearly 2,000 people in Basilan province, southern Philippines, have been coping with their displacement for over a month after armed clashes broke out between government security …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that operates according to the Fundamental Principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence and has the …
By Jordi Raich, Head of the Regional Delegation for Mexico and Central America, ICRC Migrants and people displaced by violence are human beings with rights. While this may seem an obvious assertion …
By Ariane Tombet, Head of Mission ICRC Nicaragua; Kian Abbassian, Head of Mission ICRC Guatemala; Olivier Martin, Head of Mission ICRC El Salvador; Alexandre Formisano, Head of Mission, ICRC Honduras …
This series shares African stories about courage, strength and determination. Their stories have inspired us. We are sharing this inspiration with you. A war down memory lane 31 years ago, Ali Diisow …
More than words needed to end sexual and gender-based violence. Yves Daccord, director general, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Elhadj As Sy, secretary general, International …
Statement to UN Security Council Open Debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict As delivered Madam President, esteemed colleagues, We thank Indonesia for its stewardship of this …
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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.
