Search results

3592 results found

EVENT: Outer Space Military Operations: How to Safeguard Essential Civilian Services?

… services also contribute to every phase of humanitarian operations in emergency … systems? What are the existing limits under international law on military space operations, and are they …

Event
Technology

Russia–Ukraine international armed conflict: Your questions answered about the ICRC’s work

… us and our work for people affected by the international armed conflict between Russia … and Ukraine, who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance including food, safe … obligations under international humanitarian law. In these conversations, we raise pressing …

Info-as-aid
With more than 900 staff across Ukraine, we deliver aid, provide medicine, and carry out other life-saving activities for displaced people.

ICRC Observations on the Consultants’ Report: Protecting Essential Civilian Services on Earth from Disruption by Military Space Operations

… also contribute to every phase of the work of humanitarian organizations. Thus if, during an … To better understand these developments, the International Committee of the Red Cross … and strengthen international humanitarian law, the ICRC has identified the following …

Publication
ICRC Observations on the Consultants’ Report: Protecting Essential Civilian Services on Earth from Disruption by Military Space Operations

ICRC office in Gaza surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians, was damaged by nearby shelling

… metres of the office and residences of the International Committee of the Red Cross on … casualties.  "Firing so dangerously close to humanitarian structures, of whose locations … at risk. "Under international humanitarian law, parties to the conflict have an …

News release

Cyber operations create additional risks for people’s security and well-being

… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross … often conducted in disregard of international humanitarian law.    Second, we are deeply concerned about …

Statement

Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration, deadline extended

… register as teams for the competition.  The International Committee of the Red Cross … to or equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B.) or Master’s in law (LL.M.). … will qualify for the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition …

Law and policy topic
15th HDMC IHL Moot poster 2024

Families of people missing or captured in the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict visit ICRC headquarters in Geneva

… 19-06-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross met … with their obligations under international humanitarian law, notably by granting us full, regular and …

News release
A flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

EVENT: Forced to Report? Understanding the Humanitarian Impact of Mandatory Reporting

… Mandatory reporting is a law and/or policy obligation for health care … it is potentially incompatible with international law and may create legal and … such requirements may have when applied in humanitarian settings. Over the last four …

Event

China: Regional seminar held to empower military's operational legal advisors

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … and staff officers, research fellows and humanitarian representatives from 16 countries … compliance of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) during military operations. This …

Law and policy topic
Over twenty armed forces legal advisors, uniformed military operational commanders and staff officers, research fellows and humanitarian representatives from 16 countries attended the Asia-Pacific Operational Legal Advisors Seminar in Beijing.

ICRC: "The humanitarian tragedy of missing persons urgently requires a more determined international response"

… and concerted action is needed to comply with international humanitarian law and other international obligations, and …

Statement

Didn’t find what you were looking for?

Try one of the following resources:

ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.