In 2016, the ICRC continued to help the people of Ethiopia respond to the effects of drought in conflict prone areas. We provided shelter, seeds and tools to people displaced by localized violence. …
Nearly 60 senior military officers from 57 countries converged in Xi’an recently for the 8th ICRC Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO), hosted jointly by the …
The 5th National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was conducted in Bahr Dar city, northern Ethiopia, from May 28-29, 2021. Fifty-seven (57) law students drawn from 19 …
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 …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Arauca – i.e. how difficult it has become for the civilian population to meet …
Babagana, Gubio Camp, Maiduguri Babagana Adam is a 50-year old livestock keeper displaced from Ngala local government area to Gubio camp, in Maiduguri. ICRC assisted him to restart his business by …
10-05-2022 Joint statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on the Brussels VI Conference on …
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide. Given the specific vulnerabilities of detainees and the difficulties faced while controlling the spread of the …
01-03-2018 For the ICRC, the most critical humanitarian challenge currently facing the country is finding the people who have disappeared as a result of the armed conflict and violence. Bogotá (ICRC) …
Facts and figures: January to June 2021 In the first half of 2021, the ICRC's humanitarian activities mainly focused on responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the fighting in northern …
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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.
