As of October 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that 204 million people live in areas controlled or contested by armed groups – 30 million more than in 2021. In many …
On the 17th of October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of …
Thirty years after its creation, the ICRC’s Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) continues to play a vital role in helping States and other stakeholders to translate international …
International humanitarian law (IHL) aims to limit the effects of armed conflict for humanitarian reasons. It does so by placing limits on the means and methods of warfare, with a view to limiting …
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On 2 June, a theatrical performance Lanterns of Silence was staged in Yerevan, initiated by relatives of missing persons and supported by the ICRC Delegation in Armenia. The idea was to visualize and …
06-11-2025 Kinshasa (ICRC) – Conflict and armed violence in Ituri Province in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapping civilians in a murderous cycle, with thousands …
We have been present in Israel and the occupied territories (including the occupied Palestinian territory) since 1967 and have offices in Tel Aviv, the occupied Golan Heights, Gaza, and across the …
At this year’s Paris Peace Forum , global leaders and humanitarian experts gathered to confront a pressing question: how can international humanitarian law (IHL) continue to protect civilians amid a …
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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.
