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 …
For millions of Syrians, life in a country strained by consequences of years of conflict and affected by natural disasters and emergencies, remains a daily struggle. While clashes ebb and flow, …
In today’s most volatile conflicts - from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Central Africa - it is civilians who, almost without exception, pay the heaviest price. Conflict for civilians means …
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the death of another ICRC colleague in Gaza. Mahmoud Barakeh , who worked supporting logistics at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, was killed on …
24-06-2025 The armed conflicts in Ethiopia’s two most populous regions, Amhara and Oromia, and the lasting effects of the 2020-2022 war in Tigray, have severely affected incomes and agricultural …
As the world grapples with increasing instability and the intensification of armed conflicts, humanitarian consequences are becoming more severe and protracted. Civilians are bearing the brunt of …
The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the escalation of major military operations in the Middle East Geneva (ICRC) — The intensification and spread of major …
The 2025 Humanitarian Visa d’or award from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been awarded to Palestinian photojournalist Saher Alghorra for his powerful reporting from the Gaza …
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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.
