The climate crisis is accelerating rapidly, with 3.6 billion people living in highly vulnerable areas and exposed to more frequent and intense weather events. These climate impacts—such as droughts, …
Khartoum/Geneva – Amid Sudan’s devastating conflict, which has already caused tens of thousands of casualties and displaced millions, another crisis is silently unfolding: the country’s worst cholera …
A testimony from Ahmed Al Waheidi, an ICRC staff member in Gaza: September 17, 2025 “I left my wife and children in the north yesterday and travelled six hours to come and look for somewhere we could …
Amid rising needs and unpredictable funding, the ICRC remains committed to people affected by armed conflict. Our renewed appeal for funding underlines the importance of flexible, predictable support …
High-level Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the ICRC, at the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 16-19 September 2025, Geneva Mr. President, …
On Septemberm 12, the 50th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Mr. Balthasar Staehelin, Personal Envoy of the President and Head of …
More than 30 diplomats representing African States in Pretoria attended South Africa’s High-Level Initiative to mobilise African commitment to International Humanitarian Law. Held on 19 August 2025, …
Amar Adam was around 16 years old when he fled his home in Darfur, Sudan, in 2004 due to armed conflict that broke out in his country. On the fateful night when he got separated from his family, he …
Abuja – The first high-level partnership roundtable on the Maiduguri Urban Water Supply Masterplan concluded on 10 September 2025 in Abuja. This project offers a clear, phased roadmap to rehabilitate …
Present in Iraq since 1980, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) focuses on addressing the consequences of armed conflicts and other situations of violence across the country. As …
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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.
