South Sudan: Facts and figures for 2019
In 2019, the ICRC continued to treat large numbers of people with injuries stemming from violence in South Sudan. Our medical staff performed over 3,000 surgical and medical procedures and more than …
In 2019, the ICRC continued to treat large numbers of people with injuries stemming from violence in South Sudan. Our medical staff performed over 3,000 surgical and medical procedures and more than …
04-03-2020 Bogotá (ICRC) – The growing number of victims of explosive devices and anti-personnel mines, the confinement of communities, ongoing forced displacement and disappearances, attacks on …
07-03-2020 Sanaa/Geneva (ICRC) - Intense fighting on the frontline between Sanaa and Al Jawf Governorate in Northern Yemen has displaced tens of thousands of people to Marib Governorate, leaving …
Essayist Anais Nin said, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It is this fortitude that women like Ho Chanty and Momtaz, along with others whose stories we narrate in the …
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For people living in war-torn countries, International humanitarian law (IHL) provides crucial safeguards – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. War has not stopped because of the coronavirus …
Theme: Enhancing implementation of IHL in Ethiopia: Achievements, challenges, and way forward The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian …
Central America is large – nearly 13 times the size of Switzerland – and its geography varies widely, just like the economic, social and political circumstances. These differences from country to …
Unprecedented stress on the most advanced health-care systems. Extreme strain on major economies and financial markets. A global shutdown such as the world has never seen before. This is today's …
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters …
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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.