spotlighting "the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – strengthening humanity" From 10 – 13 September 2024, the ICRC Pretoria Regional Delegation, in collaboration with the Department of …
On December 3, 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hosted an event in Beijing to further elaborate and explore the nexus between humanitarian actions, development and peace in …
04-12-2024 The event in Fortaleza covered operations in such fields as health, education, social work, youth and human rights. Fortaleza (Ceará state) – Educators, health personnel and social workers …
Delivered by Kosuke Onishi, Legal Adviser, at the 9th Substantive Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025, New …
Convening State armed forces to create “international guidelines for identifying military personnel and preventing them from going missing” Launched in late 2023, the Central Tracing Agency’s …
Ukraine: Learning to walk again In eastern Ukraine, a partnership with local health authorities seeks to help people who need physical rehabilitation support to participate fully in society. "By …
Speech delivered by Régis Savioz of the International Committee of the Red Cross at the Cairo Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response to Gaza, 2 December 2024 Mr. President, dear …
As the world marks the International Day of People with Disabilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reaffirms its commitment to supporting people with disabilities, notably …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is active in over 100 countries, and we receive thousands of questions from contacts every week, many by people directly affected by armed conflict …
Clarifying the fate and whereabouts of Missing People from the 1990-1991 Gulf War As a result of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, over 1000 Iraqis, Kuwaitis and third nationals are still unaccounted for. …
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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.
