Facts and figures In 2017, the ICRC worked to address the needs of vulnerable groups and individuals, partnering with national bodies in order to do so as effectively as possible. Attention to …
The ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia covers China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Mongolia. The delegation was initially established in 1987 …
The ICRC's long-standing work addressing internal displacement globally is guided by our mandate to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflict and other violence. We focus on …
The Donor Support Group (DSG) of the ICRC, made up of the organization’s major donors, is a privileged platform for exchange on key ICRC policies and programming. Members of the DSG have a unique …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is devastated by the loss of one of its staff, Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim, in Mogadishu. He passed away Wednesday night after succumbing to injuries …
A girl sitting outside her family house at Al-Nada towers in the north of Gaza. The building was destroyed during the 2014 war, then poorly reconstructed to provide a shelter for the family. Two …
Statement The ICRC President's speech for the launch of a new discussion paper on community engagement and accountability to affected people. On a recent visit to Syria, I spoke with some teachers …
Having access to hygiene cooking facilities is essential to ensuring that the daily nutritional needs of inmates in prison are met. In this video, we see the impact of collaboration between the …
Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and ambulances disrupt health-care services and deprive people of life-saving treatment. In 2011, the ICRC and Red Cross and Red Crescent …
©ICRC/C. von Toggenburg This public discussion seeks to examine some common beliefs surrounding prison overcrowding to encourage more and better action and collaboration in the field of data …
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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.
