In a new interview with CGTN America, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric delivers an urgent appeal for states to show political will to uphold international humanitarian law (IHL) to halt the suffering …
26-09-2025 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Six months after a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, access to safe water remains one of the most urgent and persistent challenges for affected …
Joint Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the occasion of the International Day for the Total …
On 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, compounding the needs of communities already affected by years of conflict. Since then, the ICRC, in collaboration with the …
On September 16, 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organised its Annual National Moot Court Competition focused on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for university law …
Delivered by Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer of the ICRC, at the Open Debate of the United Nations Security Council on "Artificial intelligence and international peace and security" in New York. …
Families of hostages have lived through a nightmare. Children, spouses, siblings, and parents have all waited anxiously, every day, for the release of their loved ones, or at minimum for news of …
Delivered by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the ICRC, at the High-Level Ministerial Side Event: Humanitarian Diplomacy in Action — Collective Response to Crises in the Middle East, New York Thank …
On 23 September 2025, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a new multiyear Strategic …
Not a single house remains standing in Masoud village of Nurgal district following the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan’s remote Kunar region that claimed more than 2,200 lives last month. Of …
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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.
