Access to physical rehabilitation services is essential for ensuring that people with physical disabilities can participate fully in society. Regaining mobility is an important step towards having …
In an informal tête-à-tête, Cynthia Novee Jane Dumanig, who is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) field officer in the Philippines, talks about her ICRC journey, which began at the …
Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the United Nations General Assembly, New York 22 September 2021. Excellencies, …
07-10-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) convene today, the first-ever meeting of the Oversight Committee for Missing …
When Milena Osorio joined the ICRC in early 2008, the organization was running eight programmes that focused on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) worldwide. Almost 13 years later, the …
In order to provide additional protection during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brazilian Red Cross (BRC), in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), donated 840 pieces of …
A newly upgraded emergency ward was inaugurated at the District Headquarters Hospital in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (formerly North-West Frontier Province), on 16 September. The 26-bed …
This document aims to complement and add to existing guidance on specialized mental health care provided by the ICRC. The document is not intended to be stand alone and should be read in conjunction …
Countries affected by armed conflict are disproportionately vulnerable to climate variability and change. The daily lives of people in situations of armed conflict are made even more difficult by …
Statement I have completed my visit to Somalia today with a heavy heart. Thirty years ago, when I first came to work in this country, I could not possibly imagine that the armed conflict, which …
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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.
