27-08-2025 Nairobi (ICRC) – Over 82,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC figures show that the conflict in Sudan has …
With the escalation of violence in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, there has been a proliferation of dehumanizing language and of false …
JUBA (ICRC) – Nyakol (not her real name) struggled to reconstruct the last moments with her brother just before explosives rocked her neighborhood in Malakal, Upper Nile State, in May 2014. The …
Nasser Medical Complex (NMC) is one of the last major hospitals still operating in southern Gaza. It provides critical and specialized medical care to thousands of patients in an area where few …
Rafah, Gaza Strip - 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025 Over the past 15 months, the Red Cross Field Hospital (RFH) in Rafah has delivered vital medical care under challenging conditions and a swiftly …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been active in Azerbaijan since 1992, addressing humanitarian needs stemming from conflict. For more than three decades, the ICRC has …
Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 25 August 2025, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Two weeks ago, on the …
26-08-2025 A tribute to Marawi’s missing people and their families’ relentless search for answers Manila (ICRC) – A coffee table book was launched and a photo exhibition was inaugurated today in …
January to June 2025 In the first half of 2025 , the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), either independently or in partnership with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), responded …
What are the key ongoing legal debates around contemporary IHL issues? Why does that matter for academics and policymakers? How can professionals from those sectors support each other in addressing …
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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.
