05-12-2022 Today, Monday, December 5th 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the results of the essay competition in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for Jordanian …
Students from the University of Dodoma emerged winner of the 21st All Africa International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Competition hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nairobi …
During International Volunteer Week, we want to recognize all the volunteers of the Venezuelan Red Cross for their admirable hard work, dedication and commitment. Through this brief story of …
The ICRC in the UK and Ireland seeks to build support for its global humanitarian work and to further understanding of humanitarian law. Find out more about the team below and follow us on Twitter …
Halil, Langoya, and Kenneth are among the few people living with disability and working for the ICRC in South Sudan, they have made a great contribution to the societies in which they live and work. …
Fighting in North Kivu, the state of the roads and the scale of needs among residents and displaced persons are all creating major obstacles for humanitarian aid. The October 2022 resumption of …
Battambang – On 22 November, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its physical rehabilitation programme in Cambodia, having provided support to more …
Over 3,600 service users, 17,630 physiotherapy sessions, 1,100 prostheses and 11 repairmen training sessions across five physical rehabilitation facilities – that just about sums up 2022 for ICRC …
ICRC statement on International Law in the inter-sessional meeting of the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies, 7 December 2022. Ambassador Gafoor, …
08-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC) — More prisoners of war held by Russia and Ukraine have been visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in recent weeks, allowing delegates to check on …
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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.
