As part of ICRC's conference cycle on War in cities , Russian and foreign experts gathered on 6 March 2017 in the Humanitarium Center of the ICRC's Regional Delegation in Moscow, to discuss whether …
Dramatic large-scale movements of migrants and refugees have prompted mixed reactions around the world in recent years. Significant expressions of solidarity and social mobilization have alternated …
05-07-2017 By unanimous decision of the jury, the Humanitarian Visa d'Or for 2017 has been awarded to Angela Ponce Romero. Her photo essay, "Ayacucho",* focuses on the people who went missing during …
Journalists are instrumental in raising awareness of wars and play a critical role in influencing the international community's humanitarian response to populations affected by crises. However, the …
Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 cities/universities across the Asia Pacific region participated in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
Data Analytics and Humanitarian Action Data Protection and Humanitarian Action Data Protection and Biometrics Data Protection and Drones Data Protection and Cash Transfer Programming Data …
In the years since the Second World War, the international community has been fortunate not to see many conflicts at sea. However in a world where conflict is rife, with regional maritime border …
The ICRC and the German Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a panel discussion at the ICRC's Humanitarium in Geneva on 29 June 2017 to launch Humanizing the Laws of War: The Red Cross …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress. Work began on 20 June …
The fighting between government forces and the Maute group in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, has continued for more than a month now. Residential and commercial areas east of the Agus River have been …
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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.
