Baghdad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross deplores the use of violence and loss of life during the ongoing protests in Iraq . The rising number of casualties attests to patterns …
Peter Maurer will serve a third mandate as president of the International Committee of the Red Cross following a vote by the ICRC's governing body, the Assembly, on 28 November 2019. The president …
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ICRC invited members of the public to join at this event addressing …
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday facilitated the repatriation of 128 detainees from Saudi Arabia to Yemen following a request from the Coalition's Joint …
In this position paper, the ICRC presents its views on cyber operations and international humanitarian law (IHL). The use of cyber operations during armed conflicts is a reality. While only a few …
On 26 and 27 November 2019, the ICRC mission in Kosovo, in cooperation with the Islamic Community of Kosovo, organized a regional Workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Islamic Law. The …
The New Delhi delegation hosted a series of programmes to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. These events coincided with the visit of Eva Svoboda, Deputy Director for …
Geneva/Beni (ICRC) – The ICRC has been providing medicines and other essential medical supplies to health-care facilities around Beni to help deal with the influx of patients caused by a …
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, the Spanish Medical Colleges Organization, the Spanish Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will …
Every year, the International Committee of the Red Cross brings together journalists, influencers and innovative communicators from across the Asia Pacific to learn from each other on where our work …
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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.
