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 …
Roadblocks and check points. Very few ambulances and some unequipped. Frequent threats and acts of aggression towards healthcare workers and facilities. Closure of health structures. Life-threatening …
Humanity in Action provides an at-a-glance guide to how we helped and protected victims of armed conflict and other violence in 2022. It provides facts and figures on our programmes around the world …
Many people fleeing the armed violence in Burkina Faso have sought refuge in the town of Fada N'Gourma, which is located some 220 km east of the country’s capital. The east of Burkina Faso is one of …
Statement by Sophie Orr, Regional Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Americas, during the CARICOM Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, …
IHL in action: Respect for the law on the battlefield from ICRC on Vimeo . On 27 September 2017, the ICRC launched the "IHL in Action: Respect for the Law on the Battlefield " platform, which …
Through its permanent presence in Israel and the Occupied Territories (ILOT) since 1967, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working to alleviate the suffering of people …
The Kenya Fatwa Council is an important Sunni Muslim body that is slowly gaining immense influence on the Muslims in the country and shaping their thinking and acceptance of various organizations …
For over four decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been helping to change lives in Pakistan through its Physical Rehabilitation Programme (PRP). With a mission to support …
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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.
