26-02-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – "As the armed conflict in Ukraine evolves and escalates, the anguish and fear people have endured for the past three days deepen. We are extremely concerned that the conflict …
25-02-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – The international community must step up urgently to stop Afghanistan's rapid slide towards total collapse and all-out humanitarian disaster, warned international Red Cross …
This manual serves as a “cookbook” of indicators for economic security programmes. It is not designed to be read in full but rather to provide a “recipe” for the indicators used for a given …
Statement by President Peter Maurer on the situation in Ukraine. This new phase of the fighting in Ukraine has sent an ominous chill down my spine. The intensification and spread of the conflict risk …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross PGA - High-Level Thematic Debate “Galvanising Momentum for Universal Vaccination” Excellencies, Ladies and …
Let survivors make their own choices. Ask the survivor for informed consent (not just simple implied permission) before connecting them to anyone else. Don’t force them if they say “no”. Let respect …
23-02-2022 11 110 internet connections have been made since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) launched its connectivity service. The …
Five years . This is how long Salwa's personal odyssey lasted to be reunited with her family. It was in early 2016 when Salwa got separated from her husband and three sons while fleeing from conflict …
On December 3rd, 2021, the ICRC and the University of Piraeus co-organized a Round Table on the theme: Health Care in Detention, Goals and Challenges. Over 50 professionals, including representatives …
This bulletin contains an overview of our operations in Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania in 2021. In 2021, the ICRC Nairobi Regional Delegation continued its work in places of detention focusing on …
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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.
