Search results

204 results found

ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency Bureau for the International Armed Conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine: Providing answers to families

… escalation of the armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in February … the international armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine aims at … this online form in English , Ukrainian or Russian . Contact the nearest National Red …

Article

Humanitarian needs to deepen in dozens of conflict zones as world’s attention wanes

…   The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global … services. Millions of people affected by the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict …

Article
Somalia, Galmudug region, El Gule internally displaced people camp. Millions of people in Somalia continue to face the severe consequences of the drought.

Director General of ICRC urges principled humanitarian action as a path to peace amidst global conflicts

… a major international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine that continues to shake the … To give a few examples, in the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict, we have visited …

Article

Millennials on War

… the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Switzerland, the …

Publication

Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits

… the highest numbers in Syria (81 percent), Russia and Ukraine (both 76 percent), France … the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Switzerland, the …

News release

World Humanitarian Day: 17 million volunteers. Half a million aid workers. 190 countries. 1 day.

… their families. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 11:00 am, Russia: Ladies who lunch! A mother and … up their food parcel. The ICRC and the Russian Red Cross provide food and hygiene … about 9,000 displaced people in the south of Russia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 12:00 pm, Myanmar: …

Russian Federation: ICRC steps up assistance to displaced people from eastern Ukraine

… has handed over to the local branch of the Russian Red Cross food parcels and hygiene … eastern Ukraine found refuge in the south of Russia. Many are in need of such basic items … in cooperation with branches of the Russian Red Cross and complementing the …

News release

ICRC Director-General in Ukraine: Concern over nuclear plant situation and access to prisoners of war

… letters from servicemen in captivity from Russia to Ukraine, where they will be handed … National Information Bureau. Both Ukraine and Russia have legal obligations under the 3rd …

News release

The interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law in situations of armed conflict

… (CA)]. Isayeva, Yusupova and Basayea v. Russia, Eur. Ct. H.R. Judgement of Feb. 24, … (last visited August 12, 2007); Isayeva v. Russia, Eur. Ct. H.R. Judgement of Oct. 14, … E/CN.4/RES/2001/24 (Apr. 20, 2001)(Russian Federation); E/CN.4/RES/2003/15 (Apr. …

Article

ICRC president arrives in Moscow to discuss pressing humanitarian issues

… the humanitarian consequences of the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict as … is part of the ICRC’s ongoing engagement with Russian authorities. This dialogue is part of …

News release
World Humanitarian Day: ICRC President on attacks against aid workers

Didn’t find what you were looking for?

Try one of the following resources:

ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.