Opinion SOPHIE ORR The article was originally published in the Miami Herald . This July marks two years since Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead inside his home. With the country mired in …
Over a decade on, millions of people across Syria continue to bear the brunt of a conflict compounded by several crises. Not only lives have been lost, families shattered, and homes destroyed, but …
Statement Madame President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) . When the ATT was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2013, the …
In 2017, just a few weeks after an armed conflict broke out in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Princess Joy Maulana – nicknamed PJae – looked at the chaotic scene before her. A registered nurse working …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remains the only humanitarian organization operating across the Lachin corridor to respond to growing humanitarian needs. The latest deliveries of …
17-08-2023 Niamey (ICRC) – Armed conflict and other violence are continuing to ravage the lives of millions in Niger, with nearly one person in five already in need of humanitarian aid. The …
16-08-2023 Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Patients wounded in ongoing violence and those facing other life-threatening conditions in Amhara region are receiving urgent and lifesaving medical care in health …
Countries enduring armed conflict and other violence – the vast majority of which are among the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) – are some of the most vulnerable to the climate crisis. Ahead …
Being separated from your loved ones is a heavy burden to bear and many detainees deal with this every day. Often, the hope of being reunited with their families one day helps them cope with their …
14-08-2023 N’Djamena (ICRC) – Since the beginning of July, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross of Chad have organized more than 1,500 phone calls for Sudanese …
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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.
