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 …
Recent armed conflicts have seen civilians encouraged to collect militarily-relevant information through smart-phone; unprecedented numbers of civilian hacker groups (often referred to as …
32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Finance and administration The Field Accountant is responsible for the management of field accounts payable and …
Bogotá Open ended contract (according to Colombian labor legislation) Information and communication technology What we do The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to …
Level 6, Pacific House, 1 Butt St, Suva, Fiji Open-ended Full-time Finance and administration The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent organisation with the exclusively humanitarian mission …
The Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment on International Humanitarian Law is a collaborative effort, founded by Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Africa and the ICRC, …
17F NEX Tower 6786 Ayala Avenue, 1229 Makati City Open-ended Health care The Staff Health Officer is primarily responsible for the implementation and administration of the ICRC staff health program …
Delivered by Christopher Harland, Deputy Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the United Nations. Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Colleagues, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
09-10-2025 Tashkent (ICRC) – The signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by the Kyrgyz Republic on 26 September 2025 is an important step in reaffirming the country’s …
Chair, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, whether in times of armed conflict or not, and regardless of the perpetrators. Terrorism is …
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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.
