… to June 2025 In the first half of 2025 , the International Committee of the Red Cross … Crescent Society (SRCS), responded to urgent humanitarian needs across Sudan. Present in … and promotes international humanitarian law, working independently or with the …
… legal and policy challenges? Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights , the Advanced IHL …
… DRC Red Cross in Goma and supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross … is a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL) and is considered a war crime. All …
… (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … emphasised the critical role of international humanitarian law (IHL) in alleviating suffering and …
… the prevailing conditions on the ground. International humanitarian law protects all civilians, whether they leave …
… to remind them of their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL), and sensitization of all actors …
… Pretoria, 19 August 2025 On World Humanitarian Day, the Deputy Minister of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation … commitment to International Humanitarian Law (IHL). On 12 August 2025, States …
… On World Humanitarian Day , we honour the courage and … Red Crescent, or Red Crystal - which under international humanitarian law means they should be protected and never …
… given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on … Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law. Your Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri …
… spending, Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … that strengthen compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) as part of military planning and …
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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.
