… 28-03-2024 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … Goma, received essential relief items. As humanitarian needs continue to grow at an … obligation under international humanitarian law to respect and protect all civilians, the …
… multiple attempts in recent weeks to gain humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta, the ICRC … people are facing. Repeated and continuous humanitarian access is essential and more must …
… and supporting their families, and providing humanitarian forensic support. They also … seekers, who have special protection under international law. Haris Coussidis / ICRC Background More …
… Weapons Systems, statement of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … programs or weapon systems – who apply the law and are obliged to respect it. International humanitarian law (IHL) requires that those who …
… in Danger (HCiD) commissions at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and … he took from the commissions. 1. Keep the humanitarian sphere free from sectarianism The … Because upholding international humanitarian law is for the good of humanity, especially in …
… NEFAD focus on Right to Know for this year's International Day of the Disappeared Kathmandu … ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organisation whose exclusively … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… and Penology (BJMP), with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross … stakeholders such as public attorneys, law enforcement, court staff and judges, among … ICRC, a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization, has been visiting …
… Destruction is one of the instruments of international law aimed at reducing the suffering caused by … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives …
… this route are of similar concern from a humanitarian perspective. Along the journey and … the Pretoria regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … under various bodies of international law, and that migrants are treated with dignity …
… Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) convened a … to feature the recent publication of the International Review of the Red Cross on " … Cycle on " Generating respect for the law ", an ongoing reflection on how to better …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
