29-08-2024 Geneva/Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared, held each year on August 30th, by organizing a public event …
29-08-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – At its meeting of 29 August 2024, the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) elected Ms Annelis Lüscher Hämmerli as its newest member. She will …
Nothing can describe the anguish and uncertainty that families go through when a loved one goes missing. This is compounded by the difficulties that families of the missing face in understanding and …
29-08-2024 Many statistics understate the actual number of cases due to persistent underreporting. Some countries still lack an appropriate legal framework explicitly recognizing the rights of …
In the first half of 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated improved access to primary health care, mostly for women and children, by supporting the routine vaccination …
The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (or The Treaty of Tlatelolco) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common …
Since October 7th 2023, with the escalation of hostilities, Southern Lebanon has witnessed increased tensions and cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that have …
The conflict in Sudan has had a devastating impact on the civilian population, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and the displacement of over 8 million people. Since April 2023, more than …
22-08-2024 Port Sudan (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians remain trapped by heavy fighting in Al Fasher, Sudan, where Al Saudi, the only remaining hospital, has suffered repeated attacks, and the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross has urged the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) to prioritize the protection of education in regions affected by armed conflict on the …
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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.
