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 …
Keynote address for report launch on 4 November 2025 delivered remotely by Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the ICRC Pictured (left to right): Marco Roscini (Professor of International Law, the …
The following statement was delivered by ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric at the opening of the Senior Workshop on the International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO) on 1 November 2025. …
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 …
04-11-2025 4th International Conference for Families of Missing Persons – Geneva, 11–13 November 2025 Geneva, 4 November 2025 – From Colombia to Sri Lanka, the Balkans to the Sahel, countless …
This is the story of two towns caught in the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It’s the story of people who still live there, and how shifting frontlines have made access to water, …
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 …
04-11-2025 JUBA (ICRC) – A surge in fighting across South Sudan has forced more than 445,000 people to flee their homes in 2025, exacerbating one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises. …
02-11-2025 The State of Kuwait and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a Fourth High-Level Strategic Dialogue (HLSD) in Kuwait City, reaffirming their long-standing cooperation …
01-11-2025 Riyadh (ICRC)- Over 125 senior military officers from more than 90 countries gathered in Riyadh today for the opening of the 18th Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military …
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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.
