Conflict is increasingly taking place in urban settings and the development and deployment of new technologies in this context raises both challenges and opportunities. In March 2018, the …
Abuja (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a photo exhibition today in Abuja in recognition of the 30 years of its work in Nigeria. The exhibition "Through their eyes" …
High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace In fragile contexts, around the world, we are facing a protection crisis. Its roots lie in the grave, ongoing …
"Humanitarians can put a bandage on the patient. But it's only States who can cure that patient" ICRC Director of Operations, Dominik Stillhart's address to the 2018 second Brussels conference on …
Brussels Conference on Syria – Panel discussion with Robert Mardini, regional director for the Near and Middle East What steps could be taken to better ensure the protection of civilians in Syria is …
2017 treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons Ratification kit : State participation in and implementation of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL …
23-04-2018 Juba (ICRC) – A distribution of seeds and farming tools for approximately 24,600 people was interrupted after armed men attacked the International Committee of the Red Cross' compound in …
23-04-2018 Geneva (ICRC) - The remains of another 22 people who went missing in connection with the 1992–93 armed conflict in Abkhazia have been identified and will be handed over to their families …
Appeal to States, global leaders and citizens by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appeals to all States, …
Course description Organized by the ICRC and the French Red Cross, this immersive five-day course in international humanitarian law (IHL) is open to humanitarian practitioners who wish to become …
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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.
