25-03-2022 The Humanitarian Report is an annual account of the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, including support and …
24-03-2022 Moscow (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has completed a two-day visit to Moscow where he continued ongoing humanitarian …
Thousands of Colombians continue to live in the shadow of armed conflict, suffering the effects of a situation they have no control over at all. While attention was turned to tackling the impact of …
For the nearly 2,400 people living in Pueblo de Dios and Sueño de Bolívar, Bolívar State, walking at least 40 minutes every day to fetch water was the norm. Now, thanks to the joint efforts of the …
At the European Humanitarian Forum, the ICRC shares a snapshot of 12 selected issues arising in relation to the international humanitarian law (IHL) applicable in today's armed conflicts and outlines …
In 2021, Syria hit the 10-year mark since the start of a crisis that turned into a devastating conflict, affecting millions across the country. Lives have been lost, families shattered, homes and …
Fakii Ahmed steers the traditional sturdy wooden dhow (Mitori) he has owned for the last 10 years. Fakii, a fisherman from Lamu learnt the diving and trapping skills from his father over 57 years …
Faadumo Ali watches over her two-year-old daughter as she sleeps at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Kismayo General Hospital stabilization centre. They have been here for just over a week and …
16-03-2022 High levels of armed violence in Mexico and Central America continue generating serious humanitarian consequences, visible and invisible, and affect the present and future of thousands of …
Communities across South Sudan continue to endure the impact and legacy of conflict and armed violence. Millions of people have been displaced from their homes with their livelihoods disrupted, and …
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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.
