Prison overcrowding is still rife in Africa. According to a specialist institute, African prisons have an occupancy rate of 170%, which leads to many problems, such as poor hygiene conditions, …
Delivered by Kosuke Onishi, Legal Advisor, on the status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, 6 November 2024, …
06-11-2024 Port Sudan (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric concluded today a visit to Sudan that focused on advancing efforts to address the …
ICRC policy on gender, diversity and inclusion. The policy affirms the ICRC’s commitment to gender equality and non-discrimination. It provides an umbrella framework for gender, diversity and …
05-11-2024 Riyadh (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, has concluded a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The trip was an …
31-10-2024 Geneva, 31 October (ICRC/IFRC) The Red Cross and Red Crescent International Conference has concluded today with the endorsement of five key resolutions, aimed at advancing humanitarian …
Geneva, 29 October 2024 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement concluded the 2024 Council of Delegates in Geneva on Monday, 28 October. At the Council representatives of all 191 …
For missing persons and unidentified bodies in Africa On 12-14 June 2023, The ICRC’s African Centre for Medicolegal Systems (ACMS), DNAforAFRICA and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) …
Since the 24th of September, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has been closely monitoring the consequences of the deteriorating conflict situation in Lebanon. The movement of …
29-10-2024 ICRC（Beijing）— On October 25, 2024, humanitarian experts, medical professionals, diplomats, relief practitioners, and scholars convened in Beijing to explore the convergences of Chinese …
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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.
