16-10-2024 Beirut (ICRC) – A specialized surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) experienced in war injuries has been deployed to a hospital in southern Beirut to offer …
15-10-2024 Dakar (ICRC) – Admissions of severely malnourished children in health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in north-east Nigeria have increased by …
Enhancing Surgical Care in Conflict Settings NEWS, EVENTS, AND UPCOMING TRAININGS The Surgical Learning Hub (SLH) and The Global Network for Weapon-Wounded Care will be showcased at the Humanitarian …
ICRC statement at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Sixth Committee Plenary Meeting on Crimes Against Humanity. Chair, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the …
14-10-2024 The African Union (AU) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) through the African Union Compliance and Accountability Framework (AUCF) project, convened the 7th Roundtable …
Responding to a crisis can be overwhelming, often triggering a wide range of emotions and mental health challenges, such as anger, grief, anxiety, insomnia, and heightened stress. “We shed tears …
Since the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon began, thousands of people have crossed into Syria through border crossings in Rural Damascus, Homs, and Tartus. Many arrived carrying what they can, …
In a significant step towards enhancing Syria's medicolegal system, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently partnered with the General Commission of Forensic Medicine of the …
The Professional Standards for Protection Work (fourth edition; also available in an abridged version) constitute a set of minimum but essential standards aimed at ensuring that protection work …
The ICRC’s vice-president, Gilles Carbonnier, visited Warsaw for the first time from 9 to 11 October to join in the commemorations of the Geneva Conventions. During the visit, he met with the deputy …
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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.
