Statement by Dominik Stillhart, director of global operations for the ICRC, on the humanitarian situation in Myanmar: Fear and uncertainty hover over victims of the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, …
Players, coaches, referees, and classifiers from across Ethiopia joined in Addis Ababa for a 10-day training course in wheelchair basketball. The first three days consisted of theoretical courses …
Fatima* My husband and I made our way to Bangladesh on a boat. We also had to walk a lot. It took us more than ten days since we had to find our way to the border. We lost everyone on the way, …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has reached out to over 40,000 people in Rakhine since violence broke out there on 25 August. Despite the challenges, help has reached not only …
His Excellency the President Major General (Ret’d) Jioji Konusi Konrote delivers his welcome address. “As a former UN peacekeeper, I can vouch that peacekeeping is a duty noble in service to …
Media professionals reporting on armed conflict situations or other situations of violence continue to pay a steep price for the risks associated with their work. How are they protected under …
This software is helping us improve our delivery of assistance to thousands of households Hassana stands in a line in front of an ICRC warehouse on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno …
ICRC calls on states to put the humanitarian crisis at the forefront of their concerns The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefed the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council …
31-10-2017 The leaders of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will gather next week in Antalya, Turkey, for a series of meetings that will shape the future of the world's largest …
Protection of medical and humanitarian personnel in conflict. Statement by the ICRC President, Peter Maurer Since my last briefing, brutal attacks have continued, unabated, against the wounded and …
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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.
