During the past few weeks, thousands of people returned back to their villages of Al Luhaib, Albu Mousa, Darweesh, Arab Fadhil and Al Egedat in Diyala province. Displaced for more than a year, …
03-12-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The Director for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria as winter approaches …
Over 235,000 people received treatment at ICRC physical rehabilitation centres worldwide between January and September 2015. In Asia, the ICRC helps people with disabilities in 11 countries, …
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As the Syrian conflict marks its eighth anniversary , fighting and violence across the county continues to intensify. Beyond the fear of bombs or being caught up in crossfire, Syrian men, women and …
This is not only the story of a man who managed to overcome adversity after years of frustration and suffering as a result of his disability. It is also a love story – the tale of a familial and …
The records produced by ICRC services, secretariats and departments in Geneva have an index number starting with the letter B. Particular attention should be drawn to the records pertaining to …
The ICRC has a long tradition of providing services for people with disabilities in Iraq. Currently, we're serving 34,000 people a year by supporting several rehabilitation centres around the …
When her children's faces popped up on the computer screen, Denise was overwhelmed. For three years, she had had no news of Christella or her younger brother, Hervé. Then earlier this year, she got …
"Health Care in Danger: Meeting the Challenges" is a collection of stories from the field. They describe how violence can disrupt the delivery of health care. In some cases, entire communities are …
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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.
