South Sudan has been grappling with protracted conflict and violence, often impacting many people’s lives. Many communities struggle to build resilience by accessing primary health care, food, and …
25-05-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Vital surgical supplies donated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are now being distributed to seven hospitals in Khartoum. The medical supplies …
This evaluation focused on the achievement of the strategy for Analysis & Evidence, as part of the ICRC's economic security programme. The evaluation found that the strategy had been well achieved, …
(Cairo - ICRC) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s oldest institutions of Islamic teaching, held a seminar on the “Principles of the …
25-05-2023 Juba (ICRC) – The ICRC welcomes the ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions by the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly in May. The institution also stands …
In this report, the ICRC analyses the humanitarian consequences of hostilities in the urban environment and seeks to raise awareness among parties to conflict, especially civilian authorities, of the …
The ICRC’s report on ‘Childhood in Rubble: The Humanitarian Consequences of Urban Warfare for Children’. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE Landmines, airstrikes, snipers – in cities across the world, …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Side Event in New York on Protection of Civilians from Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Side Event in New York on Humanitarian Carve Outs for UN Sanctions Regimes: The Impact and …
In a first for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), the Mission in Romania participated in a roundtable, organised annually by the Centre for International Humanitarian Law of the …
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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.
