Rafah, Gaza Strip - 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025 Over the past 15 months, the Red Cross Field Hospital (RFH) in Rafah has delivered vital medical care under challenging conditions and a swiftly …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been active in Azerbaijan since 1992, addressing humanitarian needs stemming from conflict. For more than three decades, the ICRC has …
Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 25 August 2025, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Two weeks ago, on the …
26-08-2025 A tribute to Marawi’s missing people and their families’ relentless search for answers Manila (ICRC) – A coffee table book was launched and a photo exhibition was inaugurated today in …
January to June 2025 In the first half of 2025 , the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), either independently or in partnership with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), responded …
Families of hostages have lived through a nightmare. Children, spouses, siblings, and parents have all waited anxiously, every day, for the release of their loved ones, or at minimum for news of …
What are the key ongoing legal debates around contemporary IHL issues? Why does that matter for academics and policymakers? How can professionals from those sectors support each other in addressing …
In the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – which has endured the effects of armed conflict for over 30 years – thousands of cases of …
22-08-2025 Manila (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), emphasised the critical role of international humanitarian law (IHL) in alleviating …
The ongoing hostilities in Gaza, Israel and the Golan Heights have caused immense suffering. Civilians have been killed, injured, and taken hostage. Families have lost loved ones, homes, and access …
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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.
