Journalists from leading media houses and communication colleagues from humanitarian organizations in the Republic of Korea came together for a workshop organized by the International Committee of …
Ergneti (ICRC) – A meeting seeking to find out the whereabouts of 163 missing people took place today in Ergneti. This meeting is part of a coordination mechanism established under the auspices and …
Can one piece of paper change your life? The ICRC has teamed up with acclaimed filmmaker Bassam Tariq to produce a new short film, Wa'ad (The Promise) that explores the complex dynamics at play when …
Four years ago, Warda was a dental technician and owned a very well established laboratory in Baghdad. Through a series of poor life choices, diminished financial means and lack of access to health …
14-11-2018 A statement from Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the ICRC, on the situation in Yemen. Geneva (ICRC) - A political solution for Yemen is urgently …
Armed conflict, interethnic clashes and tensions, urban violence in some cities, and finally an outbreak of Ebola make the humanitarian and security context in northeastern Democratic Republic of the …
On 8th November 2018, thirty prison authorities from six African countries and ICRC detention experts concluded discussions on tackling problems and challenges facing detention infrastructure at a …
By Mike Mina & Ene Abah We take a lot of things for granted. Sometimes, it's the people we love. But that is not the case for the people who were separated from their families when they left Burundi …
The ICRC statement to the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Strengthening Multilateralism and the Role of the United Nations" delivered …
08-11-2018 Yemen/Geneva – As Hodeida sees a dramatic escalation in the fighting around the city, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on warring parties to protect civilians 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.
