According to figures from Colombia’s National Health-Care Committee, between 1 January and 30 September 2020, there were 242 reports of attacks on health-care workers, facilities and vehicles in the …
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide. Given the specific vulnerabilities of detainees and the difficulties faced while controlling the spread of the …
Saratu Bitrus On not knowing the fate of her daughter, Saratu says, “I was devastated and confused and sick… I didn’t know whether or not I had children.” Abdikarim MOHAMED/ICRC Abdullahi Abubakar …
26-08-2020 Nairobi (ICRC)—As 30 August marks International Day of the Disappeared, nearly 44,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Following a resolution adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, between 2015 and 2019 Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) jointly …
20-08-2020 Geneva (ICRC)— War-torn Libya's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000 today . More than half a million people …
The use of private military and security companies (PMSCs), including in the Middle East and North Africa Region, has caused concerns for ensuring the respect for international human rights law …
By working party on public international law (COJUR) The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to promoting respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) as part of its wider commitment, laid …
This report is the result of a two-day workshop for experts on international humanitarian law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the …
There is wide recognition that the need to preserve human control over weapon systems and the use of force in armed conflict will require limits on autonomous weapon systems. This report from the …
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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.
