Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), the procedure that renders explosive material safe, evokes images of wires, explosives, protective equipment and delicate procedures. Real-life training for such …
Samah Hassan, from Taiz, Yemen Samah Hassan is from Taiz, but conflict forced her to move to Sana’a. “My life was so difficult before I got the prosthesis; I had to struggle in my society as a …
Most Filipino farmers consider carabaos (water buffalos) as faithful partners in life. In remote communities in which conventional farming is commonly practiced, farmers mainly rely on a carabao's …
Basic household goods were recently distributed in the highlands of Kalehe, South Kivu, in the rather unconventional style of a market. Set up for people whose homes had been looted or destroyed when …
Sarita Colonia Prison, Callao district, Lima. A cell designed to hold four people can end up housing 15 inmates. Prisoners who cannot find room in the cell have to sleep on mattresses in the …
Roughly 510 km from Kabul, Badakhshan's provincial capital Faizabad sits high at an altitude of 1,200 m above sea level. The mountainous province of Badakhshan is home to around 1.5 million people …
… Tourism and Hospitality course and apply for jobs in hotels or restaurants. "I am the only …
… need to go to school safely. Adults need jobs. And families need homes. These needs are …
01-10-2016 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has urged communities in PNG affected by tribal conflict to respect and protect health services at all times. ICRC …
… economic activity has slowed and there are no jobs. The area was already suffering 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.
