Dear Commissioner, dear Ministers, Excellencies, and dear colleagues, During the first months as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, I have witnessed first-hand grievous …
The Armenia delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) marked 30 years of its humanitarian work in 2022. The ICRC launched its activities in Armenia and across the region in …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Egypt promotes international humanitarian law (IHL). It ensures humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of conflict and …
School number 106 in Tezekend village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district was once famous for its lush garden. Passers-by would marvel at the variety of trees and flowers dotting its lawns. However, …
The Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP) was approved by the World Bank Board on May 11, 2021. The project’s objective is to improve the availability of and access to food and …
From a distance, it looks like piles upon piles of discoloured rags have been discarded in Yemen’s barren desert landscape. But the ramshackle collection of tents in the troubled country was in fact …
On February 6, Ramez and Maysa’ went to bed in their home in Lattakia with their two children, Khair El-Din and Qamar. The earthquake struck, putting them all in eternal sleep. What remained of them …
Armed groups around the world are important actors in the ICRC's operations. In 2022, the ICRC listed 524 armed groups that are of humanitarian concern globally. These armed groups control or …
15-03-2023 The coordination mechanism comprising Georgian and Abkhaz participants that is seeking to account for 1941 people, who went missing in connection with the 1992-93 armed conflict in …
Armed conflicts around the world continue to claim thousands of lives long after the fighting is over. Their deadly legacy is unexploded ordnance; it poses a daily threat to children on their way to …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
