05-09-2023 On 30 August 2023, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Ethiopia, organized a …
Statement Statement delivered by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric at the 49th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony, Red Cross Society of China – Great Hall of the People, Beijing. Your …
04-09-2023 Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in Beijing today for her first official visit to China. During the …
04-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – At its meeting on 31 August, the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appointed Ms Valerie Robert and Mr Aymo Brunetti as its newest members. …
Iraq is one of many countries that have gone through numerous wars and armed conflicts, leaving hundreds of thousands of people, mostly men, unaccounted for. This has resulted in women taking on the …
Sexual and gender-based violence is a global issue that affects millions of people, especially young girls and women, resulting in long-lasting physical, psychological and social scars. To address …
01-09-2023 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has carried out its first visit to over 300 detainees in Las Anod on Thursday, August 31. The detained combatants were …
Juba, South Sudan (ICRC) – To mark the International Day of the Disappeared, the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Sudan, together with the South Sudan Red …
International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August 2023 “There are currently thousands of people who have gone missing because of the conflict in Yemen. Many disappear every year, whether they are …
30-08-2023 Families in Iraq are still searching for answers years and decades after their loved ones went missing. As we mark the International Day of the Disappeared today, the International …
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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.
