Despite the violence in Juba, South Sudan, our teams are active in places like Wau, where we are helping people who have been separated by conflict find each other. At displacement sites near Wau, we …
As monsoon sets in, the threat of floods looms large over many parts of South Asia, including India. Heavy downpours often result in some damage to homes, roads, bridges and power lines with …
Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black President, is commemorated every year on 18 July, his birthday, also known as Nelson Mandela International Day. Mr …
This is Doaa Yasseen. She's 11 years old and lives in Gaza City. She lost her right hand on 6 May 2015. Walking home from school, she spotted what she thought was a toy and picked it up. It turned …
The newsletter of the ICRC delegation in Sri Lanka, covering the period January-June 2016. Joanna Atkinson/ICRC NEWSLETTER LOOKING AHEAD JANUARY-JUNE 2016 ADDRESSING HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES IN SRI …
In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, hundreds of people are killed or displaced due to tribal conflict each year. Ongoing violence has caused people to flee their homes and seen entire villages …
Remarkable aerial images of displacement camps where tens of thousands of residents from Fallujah have taken refuge after fleeing the conflict . See also: Iraq news Displaced people and refugees in …
Emmanuel Patuka stands upright with his left leg elevated by a low stool in the gait training room, at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Hospital (CCBRT) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He …
Tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people live in increasingly unsafe and impoverished conditions because of armed conflicts and violence that dominate the cities, towns and informal …
20-07-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - Tens of thousands of people are in need of urgent assistance in a border area between Syria and Jordan. They are living in extremely harsh conditions in a desert area known …
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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.
