With a new COVID-19 variant sweeping the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross Asia Pacific has collaborated with artists in the region to call for equitable access to vaccines. Artists …
The families of missing persons don’t just live with the constant uncertainty of whether their loved ones are dead or alive, but they also face multiple challenges on all fronts. To make their lives …
Jakarta – Vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dr Gilles Carbonnier paid an official visit to Jakarta from 7 - 8 December 2021. He also attended the 14th Bali …
Juba (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns the looting of Padeah Primary Health Care Unit and neighboring health care facilities during recent armed violence in Unity …
What are digital identities? Why do humanitarian organizations find them useful? And what risks might they pose for people living through crises? For the ninth month of the DigitHarium , we have …
Joint Statement of the Tripartite Commission At the 52 nd meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the search of missing persons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War, which was held yesterday under the …
19 participants from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville joined the Second International Conference for Families of Missing Persons, organized by the International Committee of Red Cross’s Central …
02-12-2021 The following is a statement from Esperanza Martinez, the head of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Vaccine inequity impacts us …
Kenyatta University students beat 6 other international teams to emerge winners at the All Africa Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) hosted by the International Committee of the Red …
Being warm and living in peace is a shared understanding of what life is all about. Predictability and the routine of life, which enable connections with loved ones are also important prerequisites …
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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.
