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The ICRC’s Bangkok Regional Delegation: Key Activities in 2024

… the Bangkok regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been committed to addressing humanitarian challenges across South-East Asia. … respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) remains at the core of our mission. …

Report

Burkina Faso: Detainees must be treated with humanity and dignity

… (ICRC) – For several months now, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … by the lack of compliance with international humanitarian law in Burkina Faso . Armed conflict is causing …

News release

Central African Republic: Action is vital to prevent situation worsening and create conditions for stability

… Statement to Virtual Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in the Central African … and have triggered the application of international humanitarian law. Confrontations between armed groups and …

Statement

Responding to sexual violence

… of violence linked to other violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. When …

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An ICRC employee visits a beneficiary at her home, where she recounts her experience and discusses her depression after her husband's death.

More than 350,000 people face acute water shortage in eastern Ukraine

… essential services is a cornerstone of International Humanitarian Law. Parties to a conflict must respect the …

News release

Syria: "Nobody wants to live near a hospital in Aleppo"

… fully embraces one of the priorities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in … with their obligations under international law to ensure the respect and protection of all …

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Colombia: Victims must be at the centre of the public agenda

… 01-03-2018 For the ICRC, the most critical humanitarian challenge currently facing the … more than 550 cases of recent violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the …

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Israel and the occupied territories: Deescalate now to prevent further human suffering

… With hostilities continuing unabated, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … siege in place there is also no adequate humanitarian response currently possible. This … the ICRC. Under international humanitarian law, the parties are obligated to spare …

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UK and Ireland Q&A: What we’re doing and why

… in London? The UK has a strong voice in international affairs, not least through its … for our neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian action in conflict-affected … urge respect for international humanitarian law. The UK and Ireland is also home to a …

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Georgia: Our work in 2018 at a glance

… exhumed, analysed and samples were sent to international laboratories for DNA analyses. 23 … COMMITTEE OF THE CROSS meeting. Humanitarian Dialogue The Georgian Academic … OF DETAINEES International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition in The Hague. 17 …

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.