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 …
At a high-level event hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing on 12 May 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and …
Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), this course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is designed to help senior humanitarian practitioners and policymakers better …
This legal factsheet discusses the interplay between Islamic law and international humanitarian law (IHL). Islamic law is the bedrock of Islam and one of the three major legal systems in the world …
The following statement was delivered by ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric to the United Nations informal consultations on lethal autonomous weapons systems on 12 May 2025. Excellencies, distinguished …
12-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today successfully facilitated the safe transfer of a hostage from Gaza to Israeli authorities. This operation …
Thirty-five outstanding nurses from 17 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. …
09-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — As conflict rages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), driving mounting death, injury, and destruction and forcing tens of thousands to flee across …
09-05-2025 Kinshasa (ICRC) – On 8 May 2025, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, concluded her first official visit to the Democratic Republic of …
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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.
