This page addresses frequently asked questions about our response to the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the region. We understand the importance of accurate information, especially …
In Ménaka and the rest of the Liptako-Gourma region, the agricultural cycle has been disrupted by increased flooding and extreme drought. At the same time, the armed conflict in the region is …
Strengthening and complying with IHL and IHRL among armed forces in the SADC region In 2023, the ICRC Pretoria Regional Delegation hosted 20 workshops for members of the Defence Forces in Southern …
RULES AND REGULATIONS The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Regional Delegation for Central Africa, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Cameroon, is organising the Humanitarian …
On 7 September, 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Alliance of Chinese Business in Africa for Social Responsibilities (ACBASR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding …
10-09-2024 Yangon (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, visited Myanmar from 5 to 9 September amid escalating conflict and violence, and …
Doctor Odans describes himself as a “child of Cité Soleil”. He loves his community and is proud of its people. He wants a better future for them. He dreams of something different for his …
High-level Statement by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the ICRC, at the 12th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 10-13 September 2024, Geneva Madam President, …
A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Agenda item 8 – General Exchange of Views Geneva, 10th September …
Speech of Balthasar Staehelin, Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia, at the Commemoration Ceremony of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, …
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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.
