By 2026, the ICRC’s Goma West Resilient Water Project (GWWP), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will help over 330,000 people have access to safe and affordable drinking water. Developing …
Statement delivered by Dr Angela Cotroneo, ICRC's Global Adviser on Migration to the International Migration Review Forum. Thank you, Madame Vice President. Excellencies, Since the adoption of the …
20-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As per its mandate given by the Third Geneva Convention, and in agreement with all parties, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is visiting prisoners of war …
19-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has registered hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) this week from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. …
Coding is the invisible sequence of instructions that underpins almost everything we do. It can be a lifesaving tool and an invaluable skill, especially in the work of a humanitarian. Think of the …
A growing number of states have published voluntary reports on the domestic implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL), and many more are in the process of drafting theirs. What are …
Cairo (ICRC) - Under the slogan #BeHumanKind, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) celebrated World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on Saturday, with …
Susana* had not heard from her daughter, Daniela, for more than a year and a half. Just two weeks after Daniela left Venezuela in early 2020, she lost contact with her family and went for months …
12-05-2022 Sahel (ICRC) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk of facing hunger during the upcoming agricultural lean period -- the time between …
The Young Humanitarian Journalists Competition (YHJC) 2022 was launched today to commemorate 50 years of humanitarian action and journalism. The themes for this year's competition are "Humanitarian …
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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.
