"Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Preserving Humanitarian Space": Statement delivered by Mr. Robert Mardini, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to the UN …
18-07-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has started visiting members of the Ethiopian armed forces in the Tigray region earlier this week. “Visiting people in …
The tenth International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Summer Session was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with the International Academy of the Red Cross and …
Participants attending a theoretical session on dead body management. Alemayehu Takele/ICRC Stephen, the instructor, reminding members of the dead body management team (here acting as first …
As the world builds up to the COP26 summit in the UK, it is important that communities affected by conflict are not overlooked by climate action. In our latest piece exploring the link between …
21-07-2021 Afghanistan is among the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian, and where women and children make up nearly half of all civilian casualties. In addition to the increased violence …
21-07-2021 Document makes recommendations to authorities and Brazilian society Brasília (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) releases on Tuesday (6) the report "Still? This is …
Each state must make legal advisers available, when necessary, to advise military commanders at the appropriate level on the application of international humanitarian law (IHL). This obligation, …
Why are diversity and inclusion crucial in the humanitarian sector? Diversity is about all the ways we are different. Inclusion is about making space for that difference. Recent research on " How …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is closely following information that has been released recently, on the current situation at various prisons in Myanmar. We are deeply concerned …
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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.
