The ICRC has launched an e-learning module on the legal framework applicable to health care during armed conflicts and other emergencies. The module offers a practical, user-friendly and interactive …
22-06-2015 Jerusalem – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the deteriorating health and critical condition of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian detainee in Israel, who …
Statement Introduction Your Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate Her Royal Highness on …
Safe access to health care is essential for both civilians and combatants in conflict situations. But for this to happen, health-care personnel have to be respected and protected by all parties to a …
Redemption is a public hospital providing free medical care to the people of New Kru Town in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. The Ebola epidemic killed 112 people at this health facility, …
For many weeks now, Burundi has been in the grips of pre-election tensions that have already left many dead and wounded and forced thousands of people to leave the country. The ICRC is helping the …
Fighting has forced thousands of Syrian refugees to take refuge in Iraq. After a long journey, they have finally found a safe place where they can perhaps start to earn a living again. In this video, …
23-06-2015 The ICRC and the NPC launched today the Young Humanitarian Writers Competition, in commemoration of the battle of Solferino on 24 June 1859. It was this battle that led to the birth of the …
23-06-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has appointed Béatrice Speiser as its newest member. This brings the membership of the Committee to 19. …
Benny Balmediano used to reprimand his eldest son, Bryan, for spending more time with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) than with his family. Little did Benny know that his son was helping to save …
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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.
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.
