Afghanistan has endured four decades of armed conflict and is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and the negative effects of climate change. This has created massive economic challenges and …
This quote is attributable to Ariane Bauer, ICRC regional director for Europe and Central Asia. “Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the fighting in the Russia-Ukraine international armed …
Photographs by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, winner of the 14th ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’Or award. In the Central African Republic , women face major obstacles to access the maternal health care they …
Geneva (ICRC): Eighty years have passed since the end of the Holocaust—one of the darkest chapters in human history. We remember and honour the memory the six million Jewish men, women, and children …
In Azerbaijan, the devastating impact of weapon contamination continues to pose significant risks to communities. Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) remain hidden threats, claiming lives …
Inside Gaza’s common kitchens is a man who refuses to look away By the time the sun rises over Deir al-Balah in the Central Gaza Strip, Mamdouh Abu Dahrooj is already at the common kitchen, working …
32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Information and communication technology The ICT Specialist manages and organizes all ICT systems and services in …
32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Human resources The Global Mobility officer provides support and administrative services which has a direct …
Suva, Fiji Open-ended Full time Finance and administration The ICRC is an impartial, neutral, and independent organisation with the exclusive humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of …
17-04-2025 The ICRC is outraged that on 16 April an ICRC premises in Gaza was struck and damaged by an explosive. This is the second such incident in three weeks; another premises in the area was …
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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.
