Countless lives have been saved over the three weeks of the ceasefire. This period of calm has had a tangible impact on people's lives – including those released from captivity and those spared from …
2024 Symposium on Cybersecurity and Data Protection in Humanitarian Action Addressing issues related to the new and emerging technologies, cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
In 2024, communities in Afghanistan continued to face significant challenges to access basic necessities such as healthcare, food and clean water. The humanitarian situation in the country remains …
The ICRC in China leaflet provides an overview of the key activities undertaken by the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia based in Beijing since 2005, including humanitarian dialogue, the …
Bogotá Open ended contract (according to Colombian labor legislation) Data management and analytics The ICRC Delegation in Bogotá is recruiting experienced, highly motivated and qualified staff for …
Bogotá Open ended contract (according to Colombian labor legislation) Data management and analytics The ICRC Delegation in Bogotá is recruiting experienced, highly motivated and qualified staff for …
08-02-2025 Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) safely facilitated the fifth release operation today, bringing three hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 174 …
Seven years have passed, but the Marawi conflict remains fresh in Araceli Panggal’s mind. She has been working for the Marawi City Water District (MCWD) as a cashier for many years, and she counts …
Around 800 staff and volunteers of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) were trained in the principles of Safer Access Framework, key to understanding how to respond effectively to a …
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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.
