Statement to the Third Preparatory Committee of Habitat 3, given by Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross. Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, In an …
Malnutrition can turn a prison sentence into a death sentence. Almost half of all prisoners in Madagascar suffer from moderate or severe malnutrition. In 2015, more than 9,000 inmates were identified …
Whether it's civilians starving under extreme siege conditions, or doctors and nurses killed by indiscriminate aerial bombardment, the daily news from today's conflict zones paints a devastating …
Since the Burundi crisis began in 2015, more than 250,000 people have fled to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Many families were split up …
Geneva/Damascus: The creation of humanitarian corridors in Eastern Aleppo, as proposed this morning, must ensure the safety and respect of all civilians, regardless of whether they decide to leave …
29-07-2016 Armed fighting between government security forces and non-state armed groups since the first week of July has caused the displacement of around 3,400 families in Basilan Province, southern …
29-07-2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross believes that up to a million more people could be forced to flee their homes in Iraq in the coming weeks and months, posing a massive …
01-08-2016 The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary deserves praise for its initiative to establish Family and Sexual Violence Units in police stations across the country, according to the …
01-08-2016 Islamabad (ICRC) – Handling dead bodies with respect and dignity in emergencies is the theme of a five-day course currently being run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
In Somalia, we have witnessed first-hand how supporting women has a positive ripple effect on the whole family. That is why some of our programs specifically target women as a way to build resilience …
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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.
