06-07-2021 Jerusalem – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seriously concerned about the deteriorating health of Mr. Ghadanfar Abu-Atwan, a Palestinian administratively detained …
Visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities is a key part of our work, including follow-up of detainees who turn to hunger strikes to protest their detention or conditions of …
This position paper introduces the approach taken by the ICRC for humanitarian engagement with non-state armed groups. Humanitarian engagement with armed groups, including non-state armed groups …
05-07-2021 Juba (ICRC) – The people of South Sudan have been battered by the ravages of conflict and armed violence during most of the first decade of the state’s existence. Underscoring the scale of …
Fact and Figures Cycles of conflict and armed violence have repeatedly displaced families and reduced their ability to meet their daily needs. This has created long-term needs for humanitarian …
Proper and dignified management of the dead is an essential aspect of dealing with emergencies and humanitarian crises such as the ongoing pandemic . Not only does it preserve the dignity of the …
“STILL?” THIS IS THE WORD THAT HURTS THE MOST REPORT ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MISSING PERSONS IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENCE AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ©ICRC, July, …
01-07-2021 Kananga (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officially left the Kasai Region, in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 30 June 2021. After four years of …
The Annual Report 2020 is an account of the activities conducted by the ICRC worldwide over the past year. These activities are part of the organization’s mandate to protect the lives and dignity of …
The ICRC is scaling up its activities in Mozambique to respond to the consequences of the armed conflict in the province of Cabo Delgado, focusing on improving health care and water access for the …
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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.
