Statement Nuclear weapons must never again be used and must be eliminated through adherence of all States to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the fulfillment of solemn obligations …
CGTN interview of Jo Burton, cash transfers and markets specialist with the ICRC. Cash transfers have become an increasingly important method of helping those displaced in armed conflict to fight …
Thirty senior members of the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) took part in a workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL) organized by the International …
Migrants in Roraima, in the Brazilian Amazon region, get in touch with their families After a journey that can last several days, weeks or even months, hearing the voice of a loved one is a great …
31-10-2018 Yemen/Geneva (ICRC) - Robust political efforts are needed to bring an end to warfare that has caused intense suffering for families in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross …
CGTN interview of ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier The eighth Beijing Xiangshan Forum themed "building a new type of security partnership of equality, mutual trust and win-win cooperation" …
Money is the main means of survival for most people around the world. In armed conflict, having cash to buy essential goods can mean the difference between life and death for people suffering the …
Factsheet on the international institutions established to deal with international criminal justice. In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: the Ad Hoc international criminal …
Doha (ICRC/QRCS)– Senior leaders and staff from National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from across the Middle East, Africa, central Asia and Europe are gathering in Doha from 30 to 31 October …
Ghouta means "fields" in Arabic. It was an agricultural region, supplying food and furniture to Damascus and other parts of Syria. Now it's fields of rubble, concrete and twisted metal. The contrast …
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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.
