The figures are from the Brazilian Yearbook on Public Safety published on Monday (19) and have set alarm bells ringing again about the humanitarian impact of this problem in the country. Brasilia …
16-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – More than 1,000 people formerly detained in relation to the conflict in Yemen were transported back to their region of origin or to their home countries by the …
Tabitha has been on a long journey since losing a leg in a bomb blast. She shares her story six years later as a new Physical Rehabilitation Centre is set to open in Maiduguri, a bustling city in …
16-10-2020 Abuja (ICRC) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has seen an increase in malnutrition rates among children in nutrition centres it supports in Nigeria. The number of …
The use of Third-Party Monitoring (TMP) allows organizations to monitor projects that are inaccessible to their own staff for various reasons. It also helps provide an independent perspective on …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supports the economic security of individuals, households and communities affected by armed conflict; it does so by helping them to cover their …
15-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC)—Rising food prices and job losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are raising fears that food insecurity and malnutrition in lower-income communities across Africa are on …
The ICRC supplied medical and non-medical items to 14 COVID-19 treatment centers established in various parts of the country in response to the health care crisis induced by COVID-19 pandemic. …
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide. Given the specific vulnerabilities of detainees and the difficulties faced while controlling the spread of the …
15-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be giving real-time updates for media during the release and transfer of detainees from the Yemen conflict. Facts …
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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.
