The ICRC donated medical and non-medical items to 11 places of detention throughout six regions in support of the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in prisons. Personal Protection Equipment …
Open to Palestinian journalists working in print media The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent humanitarian organization working to protect and assist victims of armed …
Interview with Jeannette Lundberg, the Partnership and Localization Adviser to "Save the Children" The scale of the challenges in the Middle East ravaged by conflict, socio-economic unrest, and most …
"Lemon balm, for grieving hearts” is a campaign co-created by associations of relatives of people who disappeared during the period of armed violence in Peru, the International Committee of the Red …
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) promotes respect for international humanitarian law and helps people affected by the conflict and …
Since 2004, the ICRC Kuala Lumpur has been partnering with the local university to organize an International Humanitarian Law moot court competition where students argue to prosecute or defend a …
Every year, worldwide, the International Day of the Disappeared is marked on 30 August. It is an occasion to remember missing people and to express solidarity with their families. Considering the …
The ICRC is committed to treating your data with security, respect and confidentiality, and applies the ICRC Rules on Personal Data Protection exclusively. Therefore we're committed to explaining why …
In 19th century, there was a man whom any State could trust. He was a prominent international lawyer developing laws of war, the most sought-after arbitrator of disputes among States and an …
02-09-2020 Maputo (ICRC)—Attacks on towns and villages in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado have intensified, forcing thousands of people to flee by foot, boat or road to the provincial …
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.
