An exciting new comic by Sydney artist, Claudia Chinyere Akole, tells the story of how neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian action reunites families. The ICRC acts as a neutral …
These guidelines on coordination and information-exchange mechanisms for the search for missing migrants offer recommendations and examples from a wide range of existing practices on how to design …
Speech by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, ICRC vice-president on 15 November 2021 at The Hague Mr President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to speak to you on behalf of the …
A decade of conflict has weighed heavily on Libya, a country with a rich cultural heritage and home to a generation of youth with dreams of successful careers and economic security. Despite a recent …
13-11-2021 JERUSALEM - The “Humanitarian Hackathon 2021”, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in partnership with MENACatalyst, was concluded this evening in Ramallah. …
12-11-2021 Glasgow – The African Development Bank and the ICRC said at the COP26 climate conference that low-income countries hit by conflict must not be pushed aside when it comes to climate action …
An electronic application is improving the quality of health care for children under five years old. ALMANACH, short for the Algorithm for the Management of Childhood Illness, is a user-friendly …
During the event “Water Scarcity: A Challenge to Sustainable Development in the Arab Region” the ICRC will lead the session “The Management of Scarce Water Resources during Protracted Armed …
This documentary series is about people who survived accidents of landmines and explosive remnants of war. The first film of the documentary series follows Sose Grigoryan, a landmine survivor as …
Dr. Abdikadir Haji Maalim, a surgeon at Madina hospital in the operating theatre attending to a weapon-wounded patient. Madina hospital sees most of the casualties of car bombs, shoot-outs, grenade …
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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.
