How would you face an earthquake, a viral outbreak or a violent event? Voices to Action, a new initiative from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, aims to bring attention to the …
Ilovaysk suffered heavy fighting in August and September 2014. Many people died, and civilians spent long periods cowering in bomb shelters and basements. The fighting may have stopped, but the …
One month after cyclone Komen and heavy seasonal rains caused floods and landslides in Myanmar, recovery work has started. The ICRC and Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) are distributing food and …
First Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Dubrovnik, Croatia, 7-11 September 2015. Address by Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC. We must urge the remaining signatory …
Set up 25 years ago by the ICRC in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, MoSVY Orthopaedic Component Factory produces around 18,000 components and 10,000 crutches every year – benefiting …
A summary of activities carried out by the ICRC in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2015. Visiting detainees and maintaining family contact The ICRC visits detainees in Afghanistan, …
Since the conflict in Nepal ended nine years ago, the ICRC delegation in Kathmandu has been supporting the families of those who disappeared. As many as 1,343 people are still missing in the country …
Weapon wounds are some of the most complex injuries to treat and operate, particularly in Lebanon, where millions have fled because of violence in neighbouring countries and where internal disputes …
The extreme hardship endured by millions of people inside Syria - and by the scores of refugees who have fled the country - continues to grow by the day. The shocking images of a drowned …
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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.
