On 23 February, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) co-hosted the launch of the Chinese translation of the book …
24-02-2023 International humanitarian law, also known as the rules of war, aims to protect people from the devastating effects of armed conflict. A 76-page book that was originally written in Arabic …
Over the last 12 months, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been responding to some of the most urgent needs in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. It has truly been a global …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Xinhua News Agency co-organized a two-day workshop on Journalism and Safety in Conflicts on Feb. 21st - 22nd in Beijing. The workshop included …
22-02-2023 Nairobi (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on all those involved in the violence in Las Anod to guarantee safe and unimpeded access to people affected …
The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978, helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and East Sudan and promoting International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Our …
Evgeny Anatolyevich and Valentina Vladimirovna have devoted their entire lives to medicine and serving people. They both come from families of doctors, graduated from a medical institute, got …
Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a joint ICRC/IOM Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025) to establish a new 3-year …
Across Nigeria, more than two million people have been displaced by conflict. For some, the search for stability never stops. Saleh Abdullahi has been displaced by conflict more than once. He worked …
In 2022, the ICRC implemented broad range of activities to support those who reside in conflict-affected communities of Azerbaijan. Thousands of people benefitted from dozens of projects designed 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.
