… First Committee. Statement by the ICRC. The International Committee of the Red Cross … here, the ICRC brings its experience as a humanitarian organization working to protect … its expertise in international humanitarian law (IHL). The ICRC has welcomed the United …
… to seek possible solutions to help reduce the humanitarian cost in the continent's … head of the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. For …
… of neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian action, we work towards practical … fire; we engage with belligerents to respect International Humanitarian Law. Key places in which we operate include …
… view of the global nature of migration, the International Commitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … entitled to under international and domestic law, including the special protection afforded … migratory status. Operating under a strictly humanitarian mandate, we neither seek to …
… in nature but always in violation of the international humanitarian law . Yemen's vulnerable displaced people face …
… and only use of nuclear weapons in 1945, the international community has wrestled with the issue of how the law of war applies to such weapons. For … to include a focus on their international humanitarian law (IHL) implications, as well …
… process cannot start nor be completed. Under international humanitarian law, the families have the right to know the …
… Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the International Committee of the Red Cross … "Contemporary Warfare: Global Trends and Humanitarian Challenges". The participants … States must observe international law in using information and communication …
… crisis has become one of the most visible internationalized and also politicized … answers will not come overnight and sustained humanitarian action continues to be needed for … and respect of international humanitarian law. Our collective best efforts must break …
… High-level plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of … conflict, and the world would be faced with a humanitarian disaster of unimaginable scale, … incompatible with international humanitarian law, and abhorrent to the principles of …
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.
