Huda is the mother of three children. The death of her husband left her destitute, but now she has opened a hairdressing salon with the help of the ICRC. Her new business is helping her support her …
This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by the ICRC and the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), explores contemporary technological developments and discusses the resulting …
This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by the ICRC and the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), explores contemporary technological developments and discusses the resulting …
Following the ICRC's Global Partnerships for Impact and Innovation (GPHI2) event in Lausanne, the ICRC and Novartis launched a partnership, focusing on improving care and treatment to the most …
Colombia annual report , activities 2013 and outlook 2014 (PDF) The hope of being able to turn the page and leave behind a conflict spanning five decades contrasted with the reality facing the …
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ICRC’s head of operations for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Alain Aeschlimann, toured the Pacific earlier this month visiting Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand for meetings …
Maidan, Kiev, Ukraine, 22 January 2014. With temperatures at -20°C, the URCS emergency response team provides first aid amidst the violence. © Mstyslav Chernov / UnFrame Maidan, Kiev, Ukraine, 21 …
Migrants wind up in the middle of the desert. The Red Cross is virtually their only source of aid. In the transit centres of Arlit, Dirkou and Agadez, they can contact their families and receive …
Preparatory Discussion in view of the Third Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL of mid-2014 Fact-finding and Meeting of States 3 and 4 April 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH …
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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.
