Myanmar Earthquake: Six Months On
On 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, compounding the needs of communities already affected by years of conflict. Since then, the ICRC, in collaboration with the …
Skip to main content
Search results
Uganda: National Moot Competition on International Humanitarian Law
On September 16, 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organised its Annual National Moot Court Competition focused on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for university law …
UN Security Council: We cannot let AI be deployed on the battlefield without oversight and regulation
Delivered by Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer of the ICRC, at the Open Debate of the United Nations Security Council on "Artificial intelligence and international peace and security" in New York. …
ICRC president: Path to peace lost when parties fail to preserve human dignity and humanity
Delivered by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the ICRC, at the High-Level Ministerial Side Event: Humanitarian Diplomacy in Action — Collective Response to Crises in the Middle East, New York Thank …
Luxembourg and ICRC sign new agreement to deepen humanitarian cooperation
On 23 September 2025, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a new multiyear Strategic …
Afghanistan: ICRC team reaches remote communities affected by earthquake in Kunar
Not a single house remains standing in Masoud village of Nurgal district following the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan’s remote Kunar region that claimed more than 2,200 lives last month. Of …
Afghanistan: Two families reconnect with missing loved ones through Restoring Family Links services
A mother’s journey from loss to reunion: Life has been a series of intense challenges for Aziza*, a woman from Kabul. Several years ago, she lost her husband to the armed conflict in Afghanistan and …
ICRC president: If states do not act, the brutality of today’s wars will become the baseline for conflicts tomorrow
22-09-2025 The following is a statement attributable to ICRC’s president Mirjana Spoljaric ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the need for states to act on their commitment …
ICRC president: Every humanitarian worker killed without consequence allows this insidious pattern to continue
Opening remarks delivered by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric at the launch ceremony of the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel in New York, 21 September 2025. Excellencies, …
World leaders united in defence of international humanitarian law to uphold humanity in war
Alarmed by widespread violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in conflicts around the world and the resulting unconscionable human suffering, we, the leaders of Brazil, China, France, …
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.