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The ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies work together around the world to locate people and put them back into contact with their relatives. This site facilitates the process and provides information

Welcome to the Customary IHL database. This is the updated version of the Study on customary international humanitarian law conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and originally published by Cambridge University Press

This 2nd edition reflect shared thinking and common agreement among humanitarian and human rights agencies (UN, NGOs and Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement). The standards were adopted through an ICRC-led consultation process. They constitute a set of minimum standards for humanitarian and human rights agencies, and we would maintain that the standard of protection that an agency provides should not fall below those set out in this document.

The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries; it is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies

The 2011 Annual Report of the ICRCr is an account of field activities conducted out of 80 delegations worldwide. The activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and to promote respect for international humanitarian law. The ICRC's Annual Report 2011 describes the harm that armed conflicts inflict on populations around the world, and what the organization is doing to protect and assist them