08-06-2015 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is deeply saddened by the death of Jameela Naji Burut, a volunteer with the Yemen Red Crescent Society, who was killed in an explosion …
Cyber operations in armed conflict, addressing the issue of missing persons, sexual violence in armed conflict, and migration were some of the topics discussed at the recently-held 6th South Asian …
09-06-2015 Manila (ICRC) – As part of ongoing efforts to reduce jail congestion, an electronic system for computing inmates' good conduct time allowance will be rolled out by the Bureau of Jail …
Campo Grande, mayo 1933. Bolivian prisoners of war with ICRC delegate M.E. Galland (second from the right). The ICRC visited around 18,000 Bolivian prisoners over the course of the war. ICRC …
A summary of the ICRC's activities in South Sudan since the beginning of the emergency in mid-December 2013 to the end of April 2015. This month's theme: The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's …
Abuja (ICRC) – A three-day seminar to evaluate the progress in implementing international humanitarian law (IHL) in members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opens today in …
In 2014, the ICRC carried out activities in 80 countries around the world, assisting millions of people affected by armed conflict and violence. Top operations The ICRC expenditure totalled 1,333.2 …
10-06-2015 Juba/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that urgent action needs to be taken to save hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan from …
Each week, thousands of migrants arrive in Europe in search of a better life. Some die or disappear on the way. Others lose contact with their families, leaving them wondering whether they are dead …
10-06-2015 Kuwait (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, called today for a stronger response to the needs of civilians affected by the ongoing …
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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.
