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, …
16-10-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – Rising civilian casualties in urban warfare, increasing attacks on medical facilities and the rapid evolution of cyberweapons demand that states urgently recommit to the …
Mr. Chair, Excellencies, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes and supports efforts toward the adoption of a legally binding instrument on the prevention and punishment of …
Lucy Kade was going about her usual chores at home when the sound of heavy gunfire close to her village of Nyaingamuda in the vicinity of the border between South Sudan and Uganda, suddenly jolted …
14-10-2025 Jerusalem/Tel Aviv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated the transfer of four deceased hostages to Israeli authorities. ICRC teams also …
14-10-2025 Jerusalem / Tel Aviv – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urges the dignified management of the deceased as it continues its operations to facilitate the transfer of human …
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — As cyber threats increasingly endanger civilian lives, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) joined leaders, policymakers, and innovators at the Global …
13-10-2025 Jerusalem/Tel Aviv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated a safe return of 20 hostages to Israeli authorities and 1,808* Palestinian detainees to …
Position paper by the International Committee of the Red Cross To support current international efforts to regulate autonomous weapon systems (AWS), the ICRC has prepared this position paper to …
Thousands of families across Ukraine endure uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones – missing or captured since the beginning of the armed conflict. For these families, each day brings both …
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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.
