The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has set up medical waste management services as part of our support to health complexes in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh to develop …
Proper and dignified management of the dead is an essential aspect of dealing with emergencies and humanitarian crises such as the ongoing pandemic . Not only does it preserve the dignity of the …
… “many family members end up losing their jobs,” as one leader of an association noted. … up in need, since a lot of them quit their jobs to look for their children”. While data …
… small businesses, and 415 others to find jobs (the ICRC covered 30% of their wages for … resources to access training or search for jobs, or adapt their businesses in line with … the pandemic. Nevertheless, 18 people found jobs with the ICRC’s help. Around 220 young …
Armed conflict and other situations of widespread violence generate immediate and additional health-care requirements for wounded and sick people. These requirements increase at the very time when …
Mental health must not be an afterthought in armed conflicts and emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. But with limited resources and a widespread stigma on mental health, how can people have …
A war surgeon based in South Sudan, Carina Gianserra has been working for three years at the ICRC treating patients wounded by conflict. Being a war surgeon in one of the organisation's most …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized an online panel discussion on Wednesday 16 June 2021 at 14:00 CEST, to discuss and introduce its new report on Avoiding Civilian Harm …
… their health. Young people prefer to find odd jobs in cities, where they live in cramped, …
… psychosocial support, and formal or informal jobs. "Ahead of the International Donors' …
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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.
