Remarks to UN General Assembly High-Level Side Event on "Counter-terrorism Frameworks and Sanctions Regimes: Safeguarding Humanitarian Space" As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer First, we …
26-09-2019 New York (ICRC) – The building momentum in support of a world free of nuclear weapons is a hopeful sign for the future of humanity as more States on Thursday signed a landmark treaty …
25-09-2019 Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns in the strongest terms the tragic killing of an abducted member of the Action Against Hunger team. The ICRC is …
Remarks to high-level meeting on the Syrian crisis at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, hosted by the European Union As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer President, foreign …
People are at the centre of any organization’s success. For the Philippines' Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) , addressing humanitarian concerns caused by overcrowding largely depends …
Remarks to high-level side event: "70 years of the Geneva Conventions: Investing in humanity through multilateralism" As delivered by President Peter Maurer President, foreign ministers, Thank you …
“Every time the doorbell rings, I think it’s him, my father.” This is how Elnara Elekberova remembers her father who has been missing for 27 years now. Her mother, Shalala Mammadova, says that as a …
The ICRC commissioned this assessment in 2019 to analyse the capacity and capability of the organisation to implement evaluations. The assessment looked at the practice and culture of evaluation, and …
The ICRC regional delegation to Indonesia and Timor Leste further strengthened its well- established collaborations with religious circles through the fifth annual certificate course on International …
The ICRC has been working towards making conditions for detainees more humane since 1870. We provide assistance in areas of armed conflict and other situations of violence to ensure that all …
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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.
