International humanitarian law, also known as the rules of war, aims to protect people from the devastating effects of armed conflict. A 76-page book that was originally written in Arabic and …
19 June 2025 Joint Statement delivered by the Director General for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of the Republic of Slovenia, Ambassador Edvin Skrt. Chair, …
02-07-2025 Gaza (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply alarmed by the intensifying hostilities in Gaza City and Jabaliya, which have reportedly caused dozens of deaths …
The ICRC International Humanitarian Law Bibliography lists references to publications in English and French on international humanitarian law. The bibliography is based on books and other material in …
The Humanity in Action Report provides an at-a-glance guide of how we protected and assisted victims of armed conflict and other violence in some of the world's most challenging environments in 2024. …
ICRC engages with multinational peacekeepers in Mongolia to strengthen respect for international humanitarian law From 13 to 20 June 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been in Iran since 1977. We work in partnership with the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and other Iranian organizations in the fields of …
ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric delivered the opening speech at the 7th edition of Tocqueville Conversations in Normandy, France on 27 June 2025. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, It is a …
27-06-2025 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Three months after a devastating earthquake hit central Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of people in the country are still struggling to rebuild their lives and meet …
This document provides the Islamic law perspective to a concise set of international humanitarian law (IHL) rules that non-state armed groups must respect and should integrate into their operational …
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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.
