Our reports confirm that all armed groups continue to use disappearances to cultivate a climate of fear among civilians. In 2020, we registered one missing person every three days in Colombia. From …
Armed conflict and violence have reverberated throughout this pandemic and there is hard evidence to prove it. In 2020, we reported 389 victims of explosive hazards, the highest number in the last …
A reduction in the humanitarian consequences of armed conflict and violence would have been a positive start to 2021. Sadly, the opposite was true. There are at least five ongoing non-international …
In 2020, we witnessed the humanitarian situation in Colombia deteriorate as the pandemic led to an escalation of the armed conflict and violence. Lorenzo Caraffi Head of the ICRC Delegation …
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region erupted over four months ago. While electricity, communication networks and water supply are gradually being restored and markets are reopening in the main towns, …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Security Council Open Debate: Conflict and Food Security. Thank you, Madam President, and to the United States for convening this …
Geneva, March 10th 2021 – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) opened registration for the HELP Course (Health Emergencies in Large Populations) which will be held from 14th to 25th of …
10-03-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – As the crisis in Syria moves into its second decade, a survey commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross highlights the heavy price paid by young Syrians. …
Open-ended working group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. Third Formal Meeting. Ambassador Lauber, excellencies, We would …
Ten years of violence have had a devastating impact on Syria. This report sheds light on young Syrians’ experiences of the conflict and its impact on their current lives and future aspirations. It is …
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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.
