Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the TPNW Signing Ceremony on September 22, 2022 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, A decade ago, a …
This report present’s the ICRC’s cutting-edge research into the benefits, risks and possible avenues to develop of a ‘digital emblem’. In its quest for concrete measures to operationalize the …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross -UNGA Side-Event Partnering on Peacebuilding, Climate and Security in the Sahel Region, UN University (check …
Hélène’s village was attacked by armed men, leaving more than a dozen children orphaned. Hélène took them in. Overnight, the now 36-year-old found herself the mother of a sizeable family. As the sun …
This review of the Physical Rehabilitation Programme’s worldwide activities in 2021 provides an illustrated, region-by-region overview of how the ICRC helps people with disabilities participate fully …
19-09-2022 Tashkent (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the upsurge of military activity along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border and its humanitarian consequences, …
13-09-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is worried about the upsurge of military activity along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and its humanitarian …
13-09-2022 The below statement was shared by ICRC President Peter Maurer at a joint press briefing at the UN Palais in Geneva on 13 September at 12 PM about the global food crisis. You can watch the …
13-09-2022 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) – The warning lights are flashing on high: armed conflict, climate-related emergencies, economic hardship and political obstacles are leading to a growing wave of hunger …
Panama's La Joyita Prison accommodates more than four thousand inmates. Six years ago, rubbish covered the ward floors. Sick of living in these conditions, the prisoners teamed up with Franklin Ayón, …
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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.
