ICRC’s director-general Robert Mardini made three calls before the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to prevent further suffering in Afghanistan. First, safeguard humanitarian action in the country …
20-12-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) donated this month personal protective equipment (PPE) to Egypt’s Ministry of Health to support national efforts to face the COVID-19 …
Briefing by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dr Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy — United Nations Security Council, 20 December 2021 Excellencies, distinguished …
The escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the autumn of 2020 significantly hampered safe access to education for children in the affected communities. Dozens of schools and kindergartens …
"When the shooting starts, we immediately rush the children indoors. Our little one, who is four, shouts 'Granny, come here!'. He stands against the wall and makes me stand alongside him, because …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross delivered by Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Control Adviser — 15 December 2021 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The …
Silence It’s a grey day, like any other. Those who want to call home have converged on the waste ground. The Red Cross team in charge of providing the family links service has organized the queue. …
Gelle Mohamud is a technician serving one of the boreholes in Guriel. The borehole provided water to thousands of people in the area until its two generators were damaged by the fighting. Alyona …
1. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the entire International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have continuously advocated for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear …
Digital technologies represent both a beacon of hope and a series of unprecedented risks. Such risks include data leaks, cyberoperations, challenges of control over AI and autonomous wearpons, …
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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.
