In the heart of the Lake Chad basin, a region racked by a conflict that has already lasted seven years, stands Mada Hospital, the only one for miles around whose surgeons can perform war surgery. …
Health care services are critical for expectant mothers and nursing mothers. Access to health facilities has remained a challenge for people affected by armed conflict, particularly for displaced …
Statement The ICRC recommends that states adopt new, legally binding rules to regulate autonomous weapon systems to ensure that sufficient human control and judgement is retained in the use of force. …
Some families have created their own coping mechanisms to deal with the disappearance of their loved ones and to move forward despite the pain. Psychosocial support and psychological care are …
The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross and two leading medical universities of Pakistan, Khyber Medical University and Jinnah Sindh Medical University , …
During the second quarter of 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Venezuela continued to focus its efforts on providing a humanitarian response tailored to addressing the most urgent …
30-07-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza shows that 80% of Gaza’s population live much of their lives in the dark, with only 10-12 hours of …
Jakarta, Indonesia – Collaborative work among the authorities, education institutions, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders in order to ensure the continuity and resumption of education …
Statement Statement delivered by Ms. Véronique Christory, Senior Arms Control Adviser for the ICRC Delegation to the UN, during the Seventh Biennial Meeting of States to consider the implementation …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Tongji University (Tongji) are planning to co-organize the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition (Mainland …
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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.
