Since 17 September, the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) have been working tirelessly to help the victims of the fuel truck explosion in Maridi, which claimed the lives of over 180 people. A …
23-09-2015 Kiev/Donetsk (ICRC) – A new round of aid distributions is being carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on both sides of the front line and will continue until …
Photo exhibition at SHAPE (c) SHAPE Photographic Photo exhibition at SHAPE (c) SHAPE Photographic Replica of a bullet-ridden ambulance at SHAPE (c) SHAPE Photographic Photo exhibition at SHAPE (c) …
When Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines in November 2013, it left widespread devastation in its wake. Over a million homes were destroyed. Together with the Philippine Red Cross, the ICRC …
The war in Lebanon ended 25 years ago but the fate of thousands of missing people remains unknown. There is no effective process in place to address the issue, and many do not speak about the missing …
The ICRC is providing lifesaving help and hope to extremely vulnerable people suffering from some of the world's most devastating conflicts: Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Lake Chad, Afghanistan …
22-09-2015 Ouagadougou – Following the recent events in Ouagadougou, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Burkinabe Red Cross are reminding all those involved of the importance …
On September 21, the European Parliament Standing Rapporteur on Humanitarian Aid and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement organized a panel debate on the Fundamental Principles 50 years ago, the Red …
The ICRC works worldwide to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with …
The second humanitarian hub event held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as part of the Voices to Action campaign aimed to complement the online platform created to discuss ideas and thoughts about today's …
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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.
