On edge and isolated, Betty (not her real name), sits in a dark corner of her house near a broken window. Her hands are trembling and lips quivering as she narrates her experience with sexual …
Armed conflicts are increasingly being fought in urban areas. Wars in cities cause innumerable suffering to civilians, disrupting their livelihoods, the education of children, and the delivery of …
This August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) brings to Manila the War in Cities exhibit, which was originally shown in Geneva, Switzerland. Through the objects we found in Iraq …
Humanitarian workers often work in the world’s most challenging environments to reach people who need help. At the ICRC, we do this while exercising impartiality and neutrality. Neutrality means not …
During the first six months of 2022, ICRC continues its activities aimed at helping people living in conflict-affected areas in Azerbaijan. Diverse range of activities were implemented to provide …
As part of its mission, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) procures items to meet the needs of people affected by conflicts around the world. As part of this effort, humanitarian …
For us, accountability means ensuring our efforts to help are relevant, timely, and do no harm. It means seeing people affected by conflict as experts of their own situation. It means listening and …
While fighting across Afghanistan has decreased significantly in the last year, Afghan families’ struggle to survive has not. The combined effects of a paralyzed banking system, lack of cash and job …
12-08-2022 A statement by Christine Cipolla, ICRC's regional director for Asia and the Pacific. Nearly a year ago when I visited Afghanistan, the medical system was about to shut down. The country's …
Sometimes, in our work, community members stop just to talk with our colleagues. They share stories, feelings or experiences – seeking distraction or relief from stress. "I had heard about the …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
