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… Central America: Humanitarian Dilemmas in the New Decade By Jordi Raich, head of the … by violence 57 Migration and displacement 60 Health care 61 The missing 64 People deprived of …
… The latest newsletter from the ICRC delegation in Pakistan features a variety of articles, … for people with disabilities, and our work in Health Care in Danger. In conversation with Rafia …
… or other factors. If you’re a survivor looking for information, or wanting to provide … help from other local agencies in your area: Health support Important health care is given in the first 72 hours after a …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … livelihood assistance and access to improved health-care services including mental health support. …
… 10-07-2015 Geneva/Juba - The International Committee of the Red Cross … arrived at the hospital in need of medical care. Given the generalized sense of … the fighting are also left with minimal health services. Kodok Hospital normally …
… During the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, there were incidents of violence against health-care personnel who were trying to tackle the …
… public awareness campaign entitled PehlayZindagi: Give Way to Ambulances – Give Way to … The campaign draws attention to an important health-care issue in Pakistan as part of the wider …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross has … their livelihoods , supporting primary health care, hospitals and physical rehabilitation …
… anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 as the … who are often the first and only point of care in their communities. On this occasion, …
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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.
