One month after a powerful earthquake devastated central Myanmar, the humanitarian situation remains dire for millions of people. Many communities are struggling to meet their basic needs amid …
A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. Thousands …
28-04-2025 Sana’a (ICRC) – The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen today resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. The International Committee of the …
In October 2024, all states and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies convened in Geneva for the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. In this unique …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been at the forefront of humanitarian action in Afghanistan for decades, responding to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and …
New York, 29 April 2025 Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, the …
30-04-2025 Goma (ICRC) – On 30 April 2025, following a request to act as a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is accompanying a series of convoys from Goma to …
Nineteen months since the devastating violence on 07 October 2023, hostilities between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza persist. The violence continues to exact an immense human toll. …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, at the General Debate of the 2025 Session of the Preparatory …
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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.
