In October 2021, the ICRC organized workshop sessions for detention staff of three pre-removal migrant detention centres (PRC) and staff members from the health teams working in the respective places …
In collaboration with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), the ICRC continues working in Nigeria to assist and protect people affected by the armed conflict in the Northeast where over 2.2 million …
22-02-2022 To increase accessibility of services for migrants and their families, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) have officially opened …
The partnership between the Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) and the ICRC on the provision of RFL services in Greece counts many years. There were many achievements that resulted from this cooperation and …
Stories of when international humanitarian law (IHL) works rarely make the news. We don't see the stories of the pilots who decided not to drop a bomb after assessing that too many people would be …
“We ran into the bush and stayed there for over two weeks. There were 35 of us.” Brohane and 35 members of his family fled Meluco District because of the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, a province in …
Access to health care remains a major concern for a vast majority of Afghans. Thousands of health facilities have closed or are not functioning anymore, and most people can't afford treatment in …
19-02-2022 Hostilities disrupt water services to more than one million people in eastern Ukraine Civilian infrastructure providing essential services protected under international law Repairs to …
This Post-operative pain management protocol is the ICRC anaesthesia reference document for management of postoperative pain. It is part of the ICRC perioperative guidelines introduced recently in …
This Post-operative pain management protocol is the ICRC anaesthesia reference document for management of postoperative pain. It is part of the ICRC perioperative guidelines introduced recently in …
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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.
