Eastern Ukraine: The lasting scars of conflict
Semenivka, Ukraine, 2016. A car on the main road of the village close to the frontline. What once was 20 min drive, today takes long hours if not even days. Thousands of civilians are travelling …
Skip to main content
Search results
Nigeria: ICRC surgical teams caring for wounded after air strikes
20-01-2017 Abuja (ICRC) - Three days after air strikes at a settlement for internally displaced people at Rann in Nigeria, two surgical teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Philippines: Paying it forward a step at a time
Overcoming difficulties is something people with disabilities do every day. It takes great effort and dedication to adapt to their condition. Very often they have to learn all over again how to do …
Afghanistan: How we've helped in 2016
The ever growing needs of the Afghan population suffering from the conflict has been exacerbated by the shrinking access of humanitarian aid workers in numerous parts of the country. Intensification …
Iraq: Activity report 2016
Millions of people throughout Iraq continue to suffer the consequences of armed conflict and the lingering effects of past violence. Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. Since 2014, …
Afghanistan: New children's ward at Mirwais Hospital already overcapacity
Pediatric ward of Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan Nasir Ahmad, 5 years old, has thalassemia. He is getting ready for his regular blood transfusion, which he needs every five weeks. …
Mobile field staff
… Read this article to find out more. APPLY TO JOBS RECRUITMENT & ASSIGNMENT PROCESS FOR …
Indirect Fire : A technical analysis of the employment, accuracy and effects of indirect-fire artillery weapons
The purpose of this report is to provide background information on the technical characteristics of indirect-fire weapon systems, examine how and when they are employed, address and explain issues …
Papua New Guinea: First distribution in Enga brings relief for families
Before a distribution can take place, everything must be unloaded on site. Local volunteers gave invaluable help to the Red Cross team. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / James Daniel Waites “They fought all the …
Ukraine: Foresters keep alive a century-old tradition
… Through a programme that also creates jobs and clears the region of landmines, the …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.