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The challenges for humanitarian action in today’s conflicts: the perspective from the International Committee of the Red Cross

… and through our permanent dialogue in Moscow, Geneva and other capitals. The ICRC operates … through the mandate provided by States in the Geneva Conventions and in other frameworks governing …

Statement

Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/GVA24/00038 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Multi-purpose Tent 45m2

… been extended to: August 2, 2024 at 14:00 (Geneva time). Should you have any questions … rules. The seat of the arbitration shall be Geneva (Switzerland). The language of the … the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions and Recommendations. 4.1 FRAUD AND …

Article

Panel Discussion on Private Military and Security Companies

… Adviser in the IHL Advisory Service, ICRC Geneva; 3- Jean-Michel Rousseau, Montreux … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T + 41 22 734 60 01 F + 41 … of PMSC personnel under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, individual accountability for …

Event

Frequently asked questions: ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories

… humanitarian law (IHL) with the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 that specifically … that triggered the application of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Palestinian territory …

Law and policy topic
In Gaza, ICRC staff have been working relentlessly since the escalation of the armed conflict to provide much needed relief.

DRC: The ICRC condemns attacks that left many civilians in North Kivu wounded or dead

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release
DRC North Kivu woman and children

ICRC recalls the importance of humanitarian work amid demonstrations

… of violence, are regulated under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …

Article

Contemporary challenges to IHL – Privatization of war: overview

… and their protection assured, by the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Additional Protocols of …

Law and policy topic

Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration, deadline extended

… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols: … using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with …

Law and policy topic
15th HDMC IHL Moot poster 2024

OEWG: ICRC Statement on Threats

… together all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions and components of the Red Cross …

Statement
Treats

Pakistan: Experts propose recommendations to protect civilians in cyberspace

… of warfare from the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva. They spoke about the development of a …

Law and policy topic

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.