The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remains the only humanitarian organization operating across the Lachin corridor to respond to growing humanitarian needs. The latest deliveries of …
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 …
16-08-2023 Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Patients wounded in ongoing violence and those facing other life-threatening conditions in Amhara region are receiving urgent and lifesaving medical care in health …
Countries enduring armed conflict and other violence – the vast majority of which are among the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) – are some of the most vulnerable to the climate crisis. Ahead …
Being separated from your loved ones is a heavy burden to bear and many detainees deal with this every day. Often, the hope of being reunited with their families one day helps them cope with their …
14-08-2023 N’Djamena (ICRC) – Since the beginning of July, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross of Chad have organized more than 1,500 phone calls for Sudanese …
The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978 helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The ICRC's work, independently or in cooperation with the Sudanese Red …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization working to safeguard the lives and dignity of people suffering from conflict and …
11-08-2023 WAD MADANI, Sudan (11.08.2023) - In collaboration with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has distributed essential food …
Kinshasa (ICRC) – Since the start of 2023, an escalation in the fighting between armed groups in North Kivu province has displaced some 600,000 people*. Our teams in the field have observed an …
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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.
