… In December 2016, the ICRC launched four … improved access to services at ICRC-supported health facilities. Those unable to reach these … sick and wounded people to suitable medical care by providing financial, material and …
… Statement by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross Secretary … less than adequate water, food, shelter and health services. Millions of children are out … by providing water, food, shelter and health care. And we do so, protected by law and …
… 15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law 18 – 21 … Minister Landers noted the importance of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) Project, which was …
… persist One month after a ceasefire deal in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict came into … hygiene facilities, clean water Mental health and psychosocial support Damage to … the region, as of early December: HEALTH CARE 15 hospitals and medical facilities …
… Burkina Faso has been experiencing a humanitarian … What little water they do have, they ration carefully. Hygiene and sanitation are … women. Samuel TURPIN/ICRC Q: What is the health care situation in rural areas? …
… to UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting: Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and … Even in today's ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , health-care facilities have been targeted by …
… forced to flee new outbreaks of fighting in South Sudan will suffer from a lack of food and health care while on the run. The latest uprootings …
… Thousands of families in Colombia continue to experience the … pain and a deterioration in their mental health, also continue facing multiple obstacles to access care routes, such as legal barriers to access …
… An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in … hygiene procedures to maintain a clean and healthy environment. To better supervise, … I could not believe it at first. Who takes care of detainees to train them? In my …
… Statement Statement to the UN Open-ended working group on developments in the field of … rules are all the more important because health infrastructure is often not adequately … view, the particular vulnerability of health care facilities may also warrant the …
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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.
