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 …
The following remarks were delivered by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on 28 January 2025 at a signature event convened by the president of the …
27-01-2025 Port Sudan (ICRC) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply alarmed by the recent surge in attacks on critical civilian infrastructure in Sudan. Attacks on power …
27-01-2025 Today we honour the memory of the millions who suffered and perished during one of humanity’s darkest chapters. On the 80th commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration …
This report reflects on the past, documents the evolution of forensic activities, pays tribute to the remarkable individuals who have been part of this journey, and affirms our collective …
25-01-2025 Jerusalem (ICRC) –The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the second phase of release operations, reuniting more families as part of the agreement reached by the …
25-01-2025 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) –Today 153 conflict-related detainees were released in Sana’a. This unilateral release was supported by an ICRC team, following a request from the National Committee …
With the escalation of violence in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, there has been a proliferation of dehumanizing language and of false …
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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.
