25-04-2017 The ICRC's director for the Middle East, Robert Mardini, has said the humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating fast and a massive international effort is needed to relieve the …
25-04-2017 Tanzania, 25 April 2017: On the occasion of the African Pre-Trial Detention, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the African Commission for Human and People's Rights …
For people living through armed conflict, humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the red cross and red crescent symbols are a sign of hope. People trust those who wear it knowing they will do …
Speech given by ICRC Director of Middle East, Robert Mardini, to the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, held in Geneva, Switzerland. Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen I …
Thirty-one Members of Parliament (MPs) discussed the fundamentals of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Addis Ababa at a seminar organized jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross …
"I see peace is too far away," Johana replies when asked about her life after the Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. "There was no calm or ceasefire for us. We …
Agriculture is essential for survival of people in South Sudan. When fighting erupts, agricultural cycles get disrupted and farmers can no longer produce food. This results in the severe food …
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on the Prohibition and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Nagasaki, Japan. Speech by Christine Beerli, vice president of the ICRC. In the coming weeks …
It's been three years since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Before the conflict, people lived a different reality. Now their daily life has completely changed. Long hours waiting in the …
The seminar aims at providing humanitarian professionals with relevant background knowledge in IHL. The programme is designed to encourage discussions and debates on the main IHL issues arising in …
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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.
