Outer space is becoming increasingly contested as a number of states view space as an operational domain, putting in place dedicated space defence strategies and commands, and engaging in the …
First used for surveillance, communications and navigation purposes in the late 1950s and early 1960s, military space capabilities have evolved from mostly strategic applications to providing direct …
First used for surveillance, communications and navigation purposes in the late 1950s and early 1960s, military space capabilities have evolved from mostly strategic applications to providing direct …
21-06-2024 "Heavy-calibre projectiles landed within metres of the office and residences of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday afternoon.. The strike damaged the structure of the …
On 18 June 2024, for its 14th edition, the ICRC’s Humanitarian Visa d’Or was awarded to freelance photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham for his remarkable reporting on civilians caught up in the …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered by Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, at the United Nations Security Council High-Level Open …
Please be informed that the registration deadlines for the 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition (national rounds) in Bangladesh has been extended. Interested students from universities …
19-06-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross met on Monday with 70 families from Ukraine whose loved ones are missing or held captive in relation to the international armed …
Mandatory reporting is a law and/or policy obligation for health care personnel to report cases of sexual or gender-based violence to law enforcement agencies, often without requiring the consent of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International College of Defense Studies (ICDS) at the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army co-hosted the …
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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.
