This framework aims to provide a comprehensive approach to building the capacity of hospital and surgical staff. It expands beyond the definition of capacity building as training to include three …
This document seeks to provide guidance in the use of tourniquets in contexts where the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works. It may be used directly by trained professionals or to …
Statement Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security. 25 October 2023 Mr. …
During the first six months of 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conducted 102 awareness sessions in Rakhine State, reaching out to 3,000 people and providing them with …
This is a summary of the final report of the evaluation of the Support Relationships in Armed Conflicts Initiative (SRI), a five-year strategy (2019-2023) aimed at broadening the ICRC's engagement …
The ICRC continues to work in Karabakh and the wider region to protect and save human life. This is the number one priority, every day. But great care is also taken to ensure respectful and dignified …
On 23 September 2023, the 15th International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition was held in Seoul, Korea, co-organized by the ICRC mission in Seoul and the Korean National Red Cross. The …
The University of Dhaka won the Bangladesh national rounds of the 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) held in Dhaka from 5–7 October 2023. The …
אנו מכירים בכך שהמצב הנוכחי מסוכן ומצער עבורכם ועבור יקיריכם. אנו מצטערים על כך שאתם נאלצים לחוות זאת. ייתכן ואתם מרגישים שאתם לבד, אבל אנא דעו שהוועד הבינלאומי של הצלב האדום ומגן דוד אדום עושים ככל …
Imagine for a moment that every time you leave home – to go to school or work or the doctor – you are unsure whether you can arrive safely. You have to be on constant alert and can never really …
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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.
