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Responding to urgent humanitarian needs in Amhara and other hard to reach areas in Ethiopia

… food, shelter, and protection services. The International Committee of the Red Cross … involved in order to enhance respect for international humanitarian law. …

Law and policy topic

People-centric humanitarian response in conflict: strategies, insights and dilemmas

… on funding, felt by the ICRC and others, sees humanitarian organisations at a crossroads. We … crises. These are some of the thematics the International Committee of the Red Cross … of delegation. Ralph studied and practiced Law in Lebanon since 1997. Farah Al-Ali. …

Event

Students, teachers and schools should always be protected in armed conflict

… de Lichtbuer, Chief Protection Officer at the International Committee of the Red Cross, … is a core part of ICRC's work. International humanitarian law requires warring parties to refrain from …

Statement

ICRC to resize global footprint, maximizing reduced resources in era of declining aid budgets

… 11-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … designed to maximize the effectiveness of its humanitarian assistance in line with its … respect for international humanitarian law to reduce the human costs of war.   About …

News release

China: ICRC President concludes official visit to China

… (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … of China, Xi Jinping, who commended the humanitarian work carried out by the ICRC over … for the respect of international humanitarian law during armed conflicts. She expressed …

News release

There are 100 steps to peace; the first are humanitarian

… ICRC President Guest Lecture at International Academy of Red Cross and Red … exemplary contributions to healthcare and humanitarian services. I was also pleased to … that the ICRC and international humanitarian law – IHL – can play when it comes to peace. I …

Statement

South Sudan: Starford Int’l University wins national round of Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law

… – Following a half-day contesting, Starford International University College won the … of the 5th South Sudan International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition on Thursday, …

News release

ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "When international humanitarian law is respected, lives are saved"

… to mark the 160th founding anniversary of the International Committee of the Red Cross and … too well the suffering that results and how humanitarian action can be a vital lifeline. … and violation of international humanitarian law, the pursuit of development and peace …

Statement

JOINT AU-ICRC-OCHA SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) “PRESERVING HUMANITARIAN SPACE UNDER IHL”

… Commission (AUC), The Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) jointly with the International Committee of the Red Cross … United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) organized a …

Law and policy topic

Frequently asked questions: Our work in Sudan

… us and give you a better understanding of our humanitarian work.  What is the ICRC doing in … in Sudan and elsewhere, while also promoting International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Our work today, independently or in …

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.