📸 #FromTheArchives: This photo from 1980 depicts an ICRC tracing agency office in Cameroon.
The Central Tracing Agency is one of our oldest institutions. It traces the fate of the missing & helps families restore contact – a service that it continues to provide to this day.
International Review of the Red Cross call for papers: "Mental Health & Armed Conflict".
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 15 May 2025
Withdrawal from any humanitarian treaty erodes life-saving protections in war and tears at the fabric of international humanitarian law.
ICRC Warns of Civilian Harm as Cluster Munitions Ban is Eroded www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
The growing normalization of violations of international humanitarian law poses an existential threat to int'l law.
We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL.
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The ICRC is deeply concerned about the fact that the mass graves in Syria are being opened and human remains are being unearthed. Protecting and preserving the integrity of graves will allow the forensic experts to proceed properly, minimizing the loss of information about the burial and the remains, and to take all the needed steps to pursue the identification of the human remains, with the main goal of providing the families of the missing with more chances to find answers regarding the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones. Until an identification system is established, recovering the remains may result in loss of information and compromise the potential for identification. It is better to keep the remains protected by leaving them buried. Once an identification system is in place, the excavation of graves can proceed.
In view of the extent of work to be done to organize proper management of the deceased and their further identification, the ICRC strongly recommends that all mass graves across #Syria are protected.
Cover of ICRC, Australian Red Cross, French Red Cross publication on business and international humanitarian law.
"Private Businesses & Armed Conflict" explains the why, when & how of international humanitarian law (IHL) for private business.
Newly published by the ICRC together with Australian Red Cross and French Red Cross.
Download here!: shop.icrc.org/private-busi...
Happening next Tuesday: ICRC's event on the realities of armed conflicts today and how #IHL addresses them. Don't forget to register.
www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
Informal portrait of ICRC staff responsible for the updated commentary to the Geneva Conventions, and members of the Editorial Committee.
Another successful Editorial Committee meeting this week in Geneva, discussing draft commentaries on the Fourth Geneva Convention for the updated ICRC commentary. We expect online publication in 2025. Existing commentaries available here: ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
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With 120+ armed conflicts worldwide, and as we mark the 75th anniversary of the 4 Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is hosting an event on 26 Nov. on its flagship legal report: “International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts." Register👉 www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
