Regional organizations can play a catalytic role in encouraging and supporting the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL) at the domestic level. This page compiles reports that …
2024 Highlights Sexual Violence in South Sudan: A Key Humanitarian Concern. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aims to prevent, reduce, and respond to sexual violence through direct …
In 2024, state and non-state armed actors in Colombia continued to directly involve children in the conflicts. For example, information gathered by our teams in the field showed a large increase in …
In 2024, detention conditions for people deprived of their liberty continued to deteriorate, as did the welfare and safety of the staff of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC in …
In 2024, another of the humanitarian consequences that intensified was violence against health-care workers. The National Medical Mission Board recorded 201 infractions (events related to the armed …
In 2024, community confinement in Colombia became more widespread than at any time in the last eight years. Confinement events increased by 102 per cent, and the affected population grew by 89 per …
In Colombia, people continue to disappear. It is a never-ending tragedy. Thousands of families have searched tirelessly for their loved ones for years, even decades. They face countless obstacles, …
To state and non-state armed actors As the fighting intensifies, armed actors must protect civilians and those who no longer take part in the hostilities. International humanitarian law must be …
In 2024, the humanitarian situation in Colombia deteriorated to its worst point in eight years, warned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the launch of its Humanitarian Challenges …
We are also worried about the incidence of sexual violence in the areas most affected by armed conflicts and violence. This type of violence often goes unseen. Many victims/survivors choose not to …
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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.
