The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been at the forefront of humanitarian action in Afghanistan for decades, responding to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and …
In October 2024, all states and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies convened in Geneva for the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. In this unique …
28-04-2025 Sana’a (ICRC) – The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen today resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. The International Committee of the …
A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. Thousands …
One month after a powerful earthquake devastated central Myanmar, the humanitarian situation remains dire for millions of people. Many communities are struggling to meet their basic needs amid …
This leaflet uses visuals and simple language to help children understand what the ICRC can do to help them find their family members and how their data is used in the search. It can be used as a …
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 …
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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.
