Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law
This legal factsheet discusses the interplay between Islamic law and international humanitarian law (IHL). Islamic law is the bedrock of Islam and one of the three major legal systems in the world …
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Preserving human control over the use of force: A call to regulate lethal autonomous weapon systems under international law
The following statement was delivered by ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric to the United Nations informal consultations on lethal autonomous weapons systems on 12 May 2025. Excellencies, distinguished …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates hostage release, calls for renewed and sustainable ceasefire agreement
12-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today successfully facilitated the safe transfer of a hostage from Gaza to Israeli authorities. This operation …
Florence Nightingale Medal: Honoring exceptional nurses and nursing aides - 2025 recipients
Thirty-five outstanding nurses from 17 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. …
ICRC President: Respect for international humanitarian law key to breaking vicious cycle of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
09-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — As conflict rages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), driving mounting death, injury, and destruction and forcing tens of thousands to flee across …
ICRC president in first official visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo
09-05-2025 Kinshasa (ICRC) – On 8 May 2025, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, concluded her first official visit to the Democratic Republic of …
Evaluation of ICRC’s Athens Delegation 2016-2024
The ICRC’s Delegation in Athens closed at the end of 2024, after a decade of field operational presence in Greece. The evaluation of the ICRC Athens Delegation (2016-2024) assesses the relevance, …
Standing behind communities, to do more and better together
Port-au-Prince, 8 May – On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, the Haitian National Red Cross Society, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red …
War tore my family apart: One message brought us back together.
By Jérémy Renaux, coordinator for the Protection of Family Links in Mexico and Central America for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It wasn't until a few weeks ago, when my …
Iraq on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: Honoring over 40 Years of Cooperation
On May 8th of each year, the world marks the Red Cross and Red Crescent Day—a special occasion to appreciate the courage, compassion, and unwavering humanitarian commitment of the world’s largest …
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ICRC library
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.