On 20-21 May, the ICRC Regional Delegations in Paris and Warsaw co-organized with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland and the Polish Red Cross the 2nd Regional Conference of European NIHLC. …
New update of the customary IHL database We have just updated the customary IHL database to include to include additional practice from Panama and Uganda . The database contains : the 161 rules of …
As frontlines shift, entire communities have had to evacuate. In Donetsk Region, we helped relocate hospitals and primary healthcare centres away from the frontline so they can continue to operate …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been at the forefront of humanitarian action in Afghanistan for decades, responding to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and …
Supported by the ICRC Warsaw, the Polish Red Cross (PRC) hosted a regional conference in Warsaw between 14-16 May, bringing together Restoring Family Links (RFL) service coordinators from 8 National …
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have signed a funding agreement to support the ICRC’s core activities around the world. This contribution …
15-05-2025 Goma (ICRC) – Between 30 April and 15 May, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped transport 1,359 disarmed members of the government forces of the Democratic Republic …
Doha, 28-30 April 2025: The Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, visited Doha to participate in the 2025 Global Security Forum (GSF), where he …
The air in Musenyi camp, Burundi is thick with uncertainty. As children cling to their mothers, their eyes scan the dusty horizon for familiar faces that may never return. Since the start of the …
Patrick Hamilton leads ICRC's operations in Colombia and has two decades’ experience in protecting people in armed conflicts. He explains the challenges the civilian population in the country must …
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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.
