Riyadh, 24-25 February 2025 – Senior humanitarian leadership gathered from around the world recently in Saudi Arabia for the Fourth edition of the Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum (RIHF). …
The complex reality described in the previous sections is partly the result of the fragmentation and reconfiguration of armed groups. The unstable and constantly changing scenario in Colombia has …
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has had a devastating impact on millions of people across the country. Lives have been lost, families torn apart, and homes, livelihoods, and infrastructure have been …
24-03-2025 Gaza (ICRC): Today, an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rafah was damaged by an explosive projectile despite being clearly marked and notified to all …
Anti-personnel landmines do not discriminate. Buried in fields, footpaths and forests, they wait silently - sometimes for decades - until someone unknowingly steps on them. The result is often …
In 2019, around 270 residents from a remote village in Basilan province were forced to flee their homes due to armed clashes between government forces and a non-state armed group. They were fearful …
On 20-21 March, ICRC brought together 13 European National Societies for a workshop in Warsaw to strengthen their preparedness for emergencies - including armed conflict – and the coordination …
In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes …
Access to safe drinking water essential for life and health, yet it is estimated that 33 million people in Afghanistan face severe water shortage. This World Water Day, marked on 22 March, we look at …
21-03-2025 From the resumption of hostilities in Gaza and Israel to escalating violence in Yemen, millions of civilians in the Middle East find themselves once again trapped in a never-ending cycle …
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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.
