Brussels Open-ended 38 hours/week International law and policy The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian …
In the third year since the escalation of the armed conflict, communities in Eastern Ukraine prepare for the coming winter. “We returned here in the autumn of 2023. We came back because home is …
In 2024, the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions presents a pivotal opportunity to reaffirm the crucial role of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in preventing and mitigating the …
One year since the devastating events on 07 October 2023, renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza persist. The violence – unprecedented in scale and nature – …
04-10-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – As violence intensifies across the Middle East, the region sits on the precipice of a region-wide armed conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
(Kenyan National Position) Human resources ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is recruiting an experienced, highly motivated and qualified person to fill the position of HR Payroll and Data Officer …
Chair, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) unequivocally condemns acts of terrorism of all forms, no matter whether they occur during or outside of armed conflict and irrespective of …
17F NEX Tower, 6786 Ayala Avenue, Legaspi Village, Makati City Open-ended Relation with arms carriers The Armed and Security Forces (FAS)/Police and Security Forces Program Adviser assists the …
17F NEX Tower, 6786 Ayala Avenue, Legaspi Village, Makati City Fixed term (12 months) Economic and food security The Analysis and Evidence (A&E) Specialist is the focal point for all matters related …
05-10-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This shipment …
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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.
