Joint Statement by ICRC, IFRC, UN Migration Network and ICMP Ahead of the International Migration Review Forum 2022, we call on States to make concrete commitments and pledges to action, to mobilize …
When did the ICRC start working with the Jordanian Armed Forces? The ICRC has been present in Jordan since 1967 and has established a long collaboration with the Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Army …
Naing Naing Oo remembers meeting a group of children who had survived being stranded at sea. In a small boat, with little food, they drifted for days. "When we talked to them, we were inspired – …
The project is called "From Zero Cost to Zero Waste" and aims at raising awareness on how to help save the environment by repurposing domestic waste. It also helps women in affected areas boost their …
Jakarta (ICRC) – On 23 and 24 February 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Indonesian National Police's International Relations Division and Education and Training …
Preparation to conduct ICRC run livestock vaccination around a pond in Qubi, Somali region. Henok Birhanu/ICRC Community animal health Workers receiving a briefing from an ICRC colleague about the …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with. The first …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with. The first …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with. The first …
09-03-2022 Cairo, Geneva (ICRC) – Egyptian Minister of Justice Omar Marwan and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer signed on Monday a memorandum of …
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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.
