The ideas and actions that led to the creation of the largest humanitarian movement in the world are still as startlingly modern and pertinent as ever. The pictures presented here pay homage to the …
15-02-2023 (Cairo, ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) signed on Monday the annual Operational Cooperation Agreement (OCA) that …
Geneva (ICRC) – A statement from Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following her visit to Syria from 9-14 February: For more than a decade, people across …
When two deadly quakes ripped across southern Türkiye and northwest Syria on February 6, thousands of buildings collapsed, and tens of thousands of lives were lost. No words can describe the sight of …
Aleppo (ICRC) – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Mirjana Spoljaric visited Aleppo today, five days after a deadly earthquake hit southern Türkiye and northwest Syria. Ms …
As part of its emergency response, the ICRC intensified its efforts to support Dessie prison authorities to protect the rights and dignity of the detainees. The response included rehabilitation of …
A barber in La Cota 905 Robert begins his day laying out his tools in the space he has turned into his own salon. Known now as the local barber, he carries out his work with care and creativity. …
08-02-2023 Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – The below is a statement from Martin Schüepp, the director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), after a visit to Haiti that …
To respond to the worst drought in decades crippling East Africa, specifically Kenya, the organization launched an emergency response with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), reaching over 100,000 …
Tense situations arise frequently in health-care settings, and they escalate to violence far too frequently. The purpose of this course is to teach people working in health-care settings how to …
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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.
