As a result of armed conflict, other situations of violence, or natural disasters, people can get separated from their loved ones, go missing, or lose their lives. Forensic systems and institutions …
Recent years have seen an increase in international, regional and local regulatory measures in the field of counterterrorism. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not engage in …
Geneva/Tehran - Following the recent ceasefire announcement, the ICRC Head of Delegation Vincent Cassard was invited to accompany the President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Dr. Pir …
14-07-2025 Sana’a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with Sa’ada New Remand Prison authorities, inaugurated today a new medical clinic aimed at improving the delivery of …
On 12 July, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah received 132 patients suffering from weapon-related injuries, marking the latest mass casualty incident linked to food distribution sites. …
11-07-2025 Gaza (ICRC) – On the evening of 10 July, a joint mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) came under attack during which an …
It has been three decades since Srebrenica, a small town in eastern Bosnia, became a lasting symbol of profound tragedy and enduring sorrow. In July 1995, a total of 8,372 people were killed and …
From 8 to 9 July, the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, visited Luxembourg for the Annual Consultations on the Strategic Partnership with the …
Delivered by Noa Schreuer, Legal Advisor, at the 11th substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2020-2025 in New …
As humanitarian needs continued to grow, the ICRC remained steadfast in urging compliance with international humanitarian law and providing assistance where people needed it most. The devastating …
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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.
