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Considering the many international armed conflicts around the world, including the latest escalations in the Middle East, the following seeks to recall some of the important principles and rules of in...

Preventing disappearances in war: what non-state armed groups can do to protect families and treat the dead with dignity under IHL.

Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the escalation of major military operations in the Middle East:

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Head of Policy & Research Unit

The Fundamental Principles are living commitments that must be exercised and defended, to keep humanity alive in the darkest of times.

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To support current international efforts to regulate autonomous weapon systems (AWS), the ICRC has prepared this position paper to clarify how international humanitarian law (IHL) applies to AWS

Legally defining and classifying armed conflicts has real-world consequences. Warring parties must know and respect international humanitarian law and preserve humanity in the chaos of war. In this video, the ICRC's Chief Legal Officer, Cordula Droege, explains how a war or “armed conflict” is defin

Around the world, international humanitarian law is being trampled – and civilians are paying the price.   All parties to conflicts must live up to their obligations and respect these lifesaving rules...

Alarmed by widespread violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in conflicts around the world and the resulting unconscionable human (…)

On World Humanitarian Day, the Deputy Minister of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Alvin Botes, alongside the Head of the International Committee of the Re...

Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the ICRC, on 18 August 2025 and the 11th HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on IHL.

Every morning, a procession of villagers make their way from Dikwa, a town in northeastern Nigeria to farmlands, often several kilometres away, where they are able to cultivate crops for a few hours a...

Skip to main content In a series of online articles, the ICRC team in London interviews British and Irish delegates working across the world. This month, we speak to Rieke Hayes, a physiotherapist from Ireland. After training in the NHS, she joined the ICRC in 2018, and has deployed to North Korea, Ukraine, Iraq, and Yemen.

The situation in Gaza surpasses "any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard", the ICRC tells BBC's Jeremy Bowen.

Associate for the Legal Division

Complying with IHL in large-scale detention operations during IACs, and the preparatory measures states must undertake before the conflict.