Search results

887 results found

Somalia : ICRC urges quick and unimpeded humanitarian access to victims of violence in Las Anod

22-02-2023 Nairobi (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on all those involved in the violence in Las Anod to guarantee safe and unimpeded access to people affected …

News release

Sudan: ICRC Activities From January to December 2022

The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978, helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and East Sudan and promoting International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Our …

Report

A couple’s lifetime of devotion to medical care in Krasnoarmeyskoye

Evgeny Anatolyevich and Valentina Vladimirovna have devoted their entire lives to medicine and serving people. They both come from families of doctors, graduated from a medical institute, got …

Article

Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Solar Lamp

Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a joint ICRC/IOM Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025) to establish a new 3-year …

Article

Nigeria: Saleh Shares his Story of Displacement

Across Nigeria, more than two million people have been displaced by conflict. For some, the search for stability never stops. Saleh Abdullahi has been displaced by conflict more than once. He worked …

Article

Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for 2022

In 2022, the ICRC implemented broad range of activities to support those who reside in conflict-affected communities of Azerbaijan. Thousands of people benefitted from dozens of projects designed to …

Legal factsheet

Hebron: Hope amid movement restrictions

The restrictions of movement in part of Hebron’s Old City known as "H2" make it difficult, and sometimes impossible for Palestinians to access essential services such as education and health. This …

Article

Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech - Questions and answers

The ICRC takes the issue of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) during armed conflict seriously and is dedicated to finding effective ways to address this problem and its …

Article

International aid must reach people in need through any means possible

17-02-2023 Remarks by Fabrizio Carboni, ICRC Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, on the Türkiye-Syria earthquake, at the UN Office in Geneva Press briefing I have just returned from a …

News release

How misinformation and disinformation harm ICRC’s humanitarian work in Burkina Faso

An independent investigation by a consortium of news organizations resulted in the publication of stories on 16 February 2023 about a disinformation campaign targeting the International Committee of …

Article

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.