The world’s largest humanitarian network. About the Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network of 80 million members and volunteers that helps …
We are a sign of hope to those whose lives have been shattered by war. Please support our work today. I want to make a difference We live in a war-torn world, where millions of people have had their …
The new ICRC Institutional Strategy presents an aligned vision for the period 2024–2027. We take stock of the challenging environment in which we operate and restate who and what we stand for. We …
In 2021, the UN International Law Commission (ILC) finalized its Principles on the protection of the environment in armed conflict. Two years earlier, the ICRC released its own Guidelines on the …
Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/GVA23/00104) to establish a new 3-year Framework Agreement for …
11-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and appalled by a deliberate attack on its humanitarian convoy in Khartoum on Sunday. The incident, which …
A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Laëtitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation to the UN, to the United Nations General Assembly, 78th …
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has partnered with the Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park (SRTIP) to establish the first Energy and …
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
How much value do you place in a hospital discharge card? For Mama Josephine Adul, a discharge card from Lopiding hospital dated 1994 symbolized two things: hope that she was now well and the child …
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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.
