Rows of school desks. Backpacks crammed with textbooks, sweets and toys. Noisy corridors ringing with children’s laughter. Chatting between friends about favourite lessons. Morning greetings from …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently participated in training 22 diplomats from different countries of the European Union (EU). This initiative was inscribed in the second …
This guide provides an overview of the First Response functionality in the Resolve Platform. It is intended to help users with First Responder roles navigate the platform and enter data relating to …
A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on …
15-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in the West Bank on Friday amid fears of a deepening escalation resulting …
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered by Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Adviser, at the Open-Ended Working Group on Information and Communication Technology in …
14-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss humanitarian needs and access to people …
Modes of action are the methods or means used to persuade authorities to fulfil their obligations towards individuals or entire populations. How we persuade authorities to fulfill their obligations …
Our partnerships with development actors enable us to strengthen our protection and assistance work, supporting broader sustainable development outcomes, enhancing the overall impact of humanitarian …
For 30 years, Iakob Buadze’s life revolved around one goal – to find his brother, Merab, who had disappeared after joining the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the spring of 1993. A resident of …
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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.
