… 16-03-2022 High levels of armed violence in Mexico and Central America continue … how violence affected communities' access to health care and education. In addition to the visible …
… Universal meeting of national committees and similar bodies … protection of cultural property, provision of health care and protection of internally displaced …
… ICRC President Peter Maurer at a high-level ministerial meeting on the humanitarian … destroyed homes and infrastructure. Primary health care is on the brink of collapse, water …
… today reveals five times more civilians die in offensives carried out in cities than in … fleeing. Essential urban services like water, health care, electricity and schools are damaged, …
… As we mark the International Day to Protect Education from … of armed violence on education and health services. This includes the schools, … strategy makes them feel valued, loved and cared for, keeping them in school. Does the …
… Statement Ministerial Side Meeting on Paris Principles … first-hand the challenges and the real dangers of being part of an armed force or an … 32 Family reunification and family based care arrangements … 36 Health …
… Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region erupted over … when they fled their homes. Lack of access to health services and lack of security are other … medical services. Supporting primary health care facilities is now an even greater …
… statement from Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … children here have less food, clean water, health care and education than international …
… and the population they serve are exposed to in their daily lives Katowice, Poland (ICRC) – … essential service providers, such as those in health care, education and social care, to reduce and …
… Statement In May 2019, the ICRC head of policy, Dr Hugo … – the obligation to treat all people in your care humanely. So, here is what humanity looks … areas; and the persistent attacks against healthcare facilities, staff and patients in …
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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.
