These courses will train engineers and technical staff to plan, implement and monitor technical programmes related to Water, Sanitation and Energy, and will help them better understand the …
When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, the direct impact of such weapons' blast and fragmentation is immediate: civilian casualties, injuries, and damage to buildings. Yet, there are …
When someone goes missing due to conflict, the children they leave behind can feel that loss more than most. In response, we ran a program for children in Maiduguri to make sure their needs would not …
On this Women’s Day, we bring to you the story of Chawan Muhammed, a 33-year-old from Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She serves as an inspiration to her peers as she continues to support her …
The negative effects of climate change are being felt and will continue to be felt in some of the most extreme ways by people and communities in places affected by armed conflict and other situations …
"Today, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen, we are witnessing a global and collective failure to protect civilians in armed conflicts" says ICRC president …
In adherence to our fundamental principles, we continued working in 2023 to protect the lives and dignity of individuals deprived of liberty, families of missing persons, people in mobility, and …
23-04-2024 Algiers (ICRC) – On 22 and 23 April 2024, Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, carried out an official visit to Algeria at the invitation of …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered by Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer, at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and …
The newsletter highlights the Delegation's activities in 2023 across Kenya, Tanzania, and Djibouti, focusing on strategic pillars and operational achievements. NEWSLETTER NAIROBI REGIONAL DELEGATION …
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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.
