… to 7.2 million. Yet, less than 0.2% of humanitarian funding in 2024 was allocated to … is not inevitable. It is prohibited under international humanitarian law, and is a choice made by perpetrators. It …
… Near & Middle East regional director for the International Committee of the Red Cross … We call for respect of international humanitarian law and urge immediate de-escalation. Decisive …
… in-kind assistance? We acknowledge that the humanitarian situation has become very … (YRCS) and the ICRC are members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … in your community. International Humanitarian Law in Yemen What is the ICRC’s role in the …
… significant implications for compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). Over the past two years, the …
… formidable task when it comes to implementing international humanitarian law (IHL) within the domestic legal order. …
… 17-06-2025 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … and the drastic decrease in funding for humanitarian organizations. If urgent measures … diseases.” Under international humanitarian law (IHL), all parties to armed conflicts are …
… to Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … lives and reversing decades of hard-fought humanitarian progress. The International … the integrity of international humanitarian law. This week, states will gather in Geneva …
… cases, ten of whom were transferred to NMC. International humanitarian law requires that medical facilities and …
… 13-06-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … urgently calls for respect of international humanitarian law (IHL). Further escalation in a region …
… Armed Forces (LPAF) and experts from the International Committee of the Red Cross … a two-day refresher seminar on international humanitarian law (IHL) in Vientiane, Laos. Organized by …
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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.
