The ICRC and data protection
Safeguarding people’s personal data, particularly in challenging conditions such as armed conflicts and other humanitarian emergencies, is an essential aspect of protecting people's lives, their …
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DigitHarium
A global forum to discuss and debate digital transformation within the humanitarian sector, with a focus on humanitarian protection, policy, ethics and action. Highlights The Humanitarian Data and …
About the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The ICRC is a neutral, independent organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other violence. The story behind our work The mandate that …
Transparency and Accountability
We are committed to transparency and accountability in all our humanitarian work. Highlight Free link Text ICRC Annual report Our accountability to the people we help People affected by armed …
Copyright and terms of use
Commercial use or publication Commercial use or publication of all or part of documents, photos, film footage, audio records, logos and graphics is strictly prohibited without prior express …
How we implement and assess programmes based on the evidence
The demand for evidence in the humanitarian sector is greater than ever: evidence is needed to assess the needs of people affected by armed conflict, to design responses, to monitor and evaluate …
How we are run
Our leadership, governance, finances, and how we stay accountable to the people we help. Our leadership and governance The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is governed by an Assembly, …
Join the ICRC Circle of Friends
There, when we need you. The Circle of Friends of the ICRC The ICRC is one of the first humanitarian organizations to enter conflict zones, and often one of the last organizations to leave. Thanks …
Our emblems
The red cross, red crescent and red crystal emblems provide protection for military medical services and relief workers in armed conflicts. Moreover, the emblems are also used by National Societies …
The Geneva Conventions insist: Every human life is equally worth protection
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in Amman. Call for action: urgent humanitarian response in Gaza Excellencies, ministers, colleagues I …
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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.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.