Essayist Anais Nin said, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It is this fortitude that women like Ho Chanty and Momtaz, along with others whose stories we narrate in the …
“HE’S BEING MISSED AT THAT TABLE” Assessing the Needs of Family Members of Missing Persons during the Military Regime in Brazil: case “Perus' grave” REPORT At that table¹ He often sat at that table …
"An airstrike destroys the paediatric and premature baby section of a hospital killing, among others, five babies and three mothers. A health-care centre occupied by security forces for days, …
Document suggesting model legislative provisions to be used by States as guidance in the drafting of legislation on the protection of missing persons and on the prevention of this situation. ADVISORY …
Too often, explosive weapons that have wide-area effects are used in populated areas, with devastating effects on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Explosive weapons use the detonation of a …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for 2.2 billion Swiss Francs to fund its field operations and headquarters in 2020. Our largest operations in terms of budget are: …
Table seeking to provide the war crimes over which the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction, together with the definition of such offences as found in other sources of international …
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters …
The ICRC is asking for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.6 billion dollars/1.5 billion Euros) to cover the cost of its field operations in 2017. Our largest operations in terms of budget are: Syria (178 …
Tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people live in increasingly unsafe and impoverished conditions because of armed conflicts and violence that dominate the cities, towns and informal …
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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.
