Essential services have been badly affected by the fighting in the past few days in Goma, the largest city in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Power lines have been cut, leaving …
On January 24, 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) participated in the inauguration ceremony of a new classroom for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) trainings at the …
31 January 2025 Good afternoon, It is an honour and privilege to speak to you today. We are living in a time of unforeseen convergence of events that will shape our world’s future, and Europe’s …
01-02-2025 Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today safely transferred three hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 175 Palestinian detainees from Israeli detention …
The ongoing hostilities in Gaza, Israel and the Golan Heights have caused immense suffering. Civilians have been killed, injured, and taken hostage. Families have lost loved ones, homes, and access …
These courses will train engineers and technical staff to plan, implement and monitor technical programmes related to water, sanitation and energy, and will help them better understand the …
30-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) –The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated the third stage of release operations, reuniting more families. “We are relieved that more people …
The ICRC harmful information response framework is intended to guide organizations in designing and implementing effective response strategies to the consequences of the spread of harmful information …
29-01-2025 New York (ICRC) – In a statement delivered to the UN General Assembly, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, warned that “respect for …
28-01-2025 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the devastating impact on the civilian population of ongoing armed clashes in and around the city of …
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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.
