International Day of the Disappeared: 2025 Every year on 30 August, we mark the International Day of the Disappeared to honour the countless people who have gone missing in the context of armed …
30-08-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a quote attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the humanitarian situation in Gaza City and the risks that mass evacuation orders pose to …
In a small, crowded neighborhood of Aden, in Yemen, the walls of Arwa’s modest home hold ten years of silence. A mother of two, Arwa, is also a caregiver to the five children of her missing husband. …
By the end of 2024, more than 284,000 people from all over the world were registered as missing with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Family Links Network, and this is only a fraction of the …
29-08-2025 Damascus (ICRC) – Ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) renews its call to all actors to strengthen their …
Each year on 30 August, the International Day of the Disappeared honours the countless people who have gone missing through conflict, migration and natural disasters — and the families who face the …
29-08-2025 Geneva, 30 August 2025 - The number of people registered as missing by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement worldwide has increased by nearly 70 per cent over the past …
Dealing with frozen grief While it is very painful to contend with the tragic loss of a loved one, most people develop their own coping mechanisms to deal with the grief caused by death. However, …
In a series of online articles, the ICRC team for the UK and Ireland interviews delegates working across the world. This month, we spoke to William Carmichael, from County Antrim in Northern Ireland, …
27-08-2025 Nairobi (ICRC) – Over 82,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC figures show that the conflict in Sudan has …
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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.
