Four proud Congolese athletes are gearing up to represent their country at the Paralympic Games in Rio from 7 to 18 September, with the support of their national Paralympic committee and the ICRC. …
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, Brazilian marathon runner and Olympic medalist, is a great example of triumph over challenge. We also see this strong will in the victims of war and violence we assist in …
How does the ICRC provide support to vulnerable migrants and their families? This brochure explains our work on behalf of vulnerable migrants and their families, and describes what we, together with …
05-09-2016 Pretoria (ICRC) – The ability of African forensics professionals to help communities affected by disasters, armed conflict or violence to know the fate of their loved ones has improved …
02-09-2016 Belgrade (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working with the families of the missing ever since the conflicts broke out in the former Yugoslavia and the …
By Dr. Hugo Slim, head of policy of the ICRC. The New Urban Agenda finally recognizes the challenges of urban warfare. But Habitat III also must chart how to ensure safe access to health and …
In a street in Lebanon, separating Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen and Bab el-Tebbaneh, women from both neighbourhoods have come together to take part in a self-confidence building session with the Lebanese …
War, migration and natural disasters cause individuals and families to go missing across the African continent. In each country, it's the responsibility of local forensic experts to use modern tools …
Nine women from Ararat region of Armenia learned tapestry weaving with support of the ICRC, the Armenian Red Cross and local partners. They are wives of people who went missing in the …
31-08-2016 Cairo (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The leaders …
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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.
