Millions of displaced Syrians will spend a fifth bitterly cold winter in the unending Syrian crisis . All tell similarly sad stories of displacement from homes, fear of the biting cold and lack of …
In 2015, the ICRC dug 20 new water wells in rural Guinea and repaired 85 more. Thanks to our work, over 123,000 people in 90 villages now have access to clean, safe water. Water flowing again in …
The people of Syria are on their knees. The economy has collapsed, essential infrastructure like water and power networks are hanging by a thread, and on top of that a very cold winter is bearing …
The World Humanitarian Summit, taking place on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul, will bring together for the first time ever all internatonal humanitarian stakeholders to discuss and reshape humanitarian …
Fighting left the hospital in the northern Malian town of Gao in a state of chaos and unable to provide care, just when victims of the clashes were most in need of emergency treatment. With support …
11-01-2016 Damascus / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the United Nations (UN), has begun delivering vital aid …
Five years ago, 25-year-old Issa* left Guinea in the hope of finding a better life in Europe. Instead of leading him to the land of his dreams, however, his journey across Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, …
Philippine Red Cross staff and volunteers carry a wounded comrade during the Zamboanga Stand-Off In this shared experience, the Philippine Red Cross recounts the challenges it encountered and how it …
Fadimata Zahara Cissé, affectionately known as Azahara, has been an ICRC nurse in Gao, northern Mali , for over five years. She is a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. …
The ICRC recently helped the Liberian authorities fumigate Monrovia Central Prison against bed bugs. This is part of our support to prison authorities in their efforts to improve conditions for …
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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.
