International humanitarian law, also known as the rules of war, aims to protect people from the devastating effects of armed conflict. A 76-page book that was originally written in Arabic and …
02-07-2025 The ICRC is no longer operating in Niger. By note verbale dated 31 January 2025, the Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded the closure of the offices of the International Committee of …
We are shocked that this morning an ICRC staff member was wounded by a stray bullet while on duty at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah. Field hospital staff immediately took action to stabilize …
Over the past month, a sharp surge in mass casualty incidents linked to aid distribution sites has overwhelmed Gaza’s shattered healthcare system, pushing its already-diminished capacity past its …
On July 4, 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University (TUIIR) co-hosted a panel on “Challenges and Opportunities of …
For over 30 years and more, thousands of families across Azerbaijan have wrestled with one question: “where is my loved one?” Since the early 1990s, the International Committee of the Red Cross …
This review of the Physical Rehabilitation Programme’s worldwide activities in 2024 provides an illustrated, region-by-region overview of how the ICRC helps people with disabilities, victims of armed …
After the escalation of armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, forensic facilities seeking to manage the deceased with dignity were nearly overwhelmed. To identify those who have died, DNA is …
As humanitarian needs continued to grow, the ICRC remained steadfast in urging compliance with international humanitarian law and providing assistance where people needed it most. The devastating …
Delivered by Noa Schreuer, Legal Advisor, at the 11th substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2020-2025 in New …
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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.
