Conflict and violence continue to devastate the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghan people. In 2015, we provided basic aid, such as clean water and medical care, to those most in need across …
Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) - The parties battling each other in Syria's nearly 5-year-old conflict must allow a regular flow of aid to reach all those civilians suffering amid the fighting, whatever the …
by Marianne Gasser, head of ICRC delegation in Syria A cold rain was falling as the men carried the small bundle towards me. They were insisting I should take it. A crowd had gathered. The only light …
Monsoon rains, coupled with high winds and heavy rain from Cyclone Komen, caused devastating floods and landslides in several parts of Myanmar in July 2015. Together with the Myanmar Red Cross …
During the harsh winter months, the treacherous journey on foot from Syria into Lebanon is fraught with even more danger than usual, as snow and ice leave people stranded with no food or shelter. …
Nigeria's armed conflict has displaced 2 million people and left 7 million in need of humanitarian aid in the four north-eastern states (Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe). Violent communal clashes in …
From 8 to 10 December 2015, the Safer Access team held an art competition for National Societies attending the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva. We asked …
Thousands fled fighting in late 2014 between the Nigerian army and the armed opposition in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria. Many homes were burned to the ground. A few months ago people were able …
Armed conflicts and other situations of violence affect women, men, girls and boys in different ways. But sexual violence, which remains a widespread phenomenon in most modern conflicts, has damaging …
Thousands fled fighting in late 2014 between the Nigerian army and the armed opposition in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria. Many homes were burned to the ground. A few months ago people were able …
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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.
