The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has an exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflict and other violence, often working …
Geneva (ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned by the alarming intensification of armed violence in Israel and the occupied territories this morning. The …
In the rocky and hard to reach villages of Sagal and Koransa, north of Adamawa State in Nigeria, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross (NRCS) have been …
The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes raises profoundly worrying questions for humanity. We take a look at some of the key questions and concerns surrounding the use of …
The Supplier Code of Conduct establishes the minimum sustainability standards and requirements (ethical, social, environmental and quality) that any supplier that has a contractual relationship with …
In response to the recent uptick in violence in Ecuador, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gave a workshop to senior army officers on the legal use of force on 27 September in …
Ten months after a peace agreement ended the two-year armed conflict in northern Ethiopia, the lives and livelihoods of the people living in weapon-contaminated areas in Tigray, Amhara and Afar are …
Around 25 high-ranking officers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) participated in a senior-level seminar …
05-10-2023 In a joint appeal today, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, are calling on …
A doctor wrapped his arms around a mannequin. He demonstrates the chest thrust, a method that removes the obstruction from a person who is choking. A few participants quickly jotted down notes, while …
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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.
