Humanitarian work cannot be put on hold. That is why the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay has adopted self-protection …
As the international day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is marked worldwide on 4 April, the entire world is rightfully concerned with and focused on the outbreak of COVID-19 . …
In Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, we’re working hard to ensure we retain our operational capability to respond to developments in the conflict and the pandemic. Restrictions on movement and the …
Humanitarian challenges Colombia lives a difficult reality in which thousands of people still live in the midst of armed conflict and violence. These are our calls to action in relation to four of …
The ICRC Regional IHL department in Cairo would like to thank all those who have shown interest in the activities that aim to support and promote understanding and dialogue on IHL by contributing to …
31-03-2020 Nairobi (Kenya Red Cross/ICRC) – The Kenya Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are working with the Kenya Prison Services to fortify prison facilities across …
The invisible threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is looming in the conflict zones in Africa where the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works. Patrick Youssef, the ICRC’s incoming …
For people living in war-torn countries, International humanitarian law (IHL) provides crucial safeguards – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. War has not stopped because of the coronavirus …
COVID-19 represents a dramatic threat to life in war-torn countries. The ICRC and its Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners exist for emergency situations like the COVID-19 pandemic; we have …
30-03-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – It will be nearly impossible to fight COVID-19 in countries already devastated by conflict unless a concerted response by states and humanitarian organizations is launched …
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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.
