Hicham Mandoudi, who recently ended a two-year mission serving as deputy head of the ICRC delegation in Jordan, sat down for a short interview and reflected on his experience at the end of this …
22-11-2016 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the situation in the city of Taiz following days of intensive fighting. "Sniper fire and indiscriminate …
Statement Open Debate on "Maintenance of international peace and security: water, peace and security". Statement given by Mme Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the ICRC, United Nations Security …
23-11-2016 Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) begins a two-day consultative forum on forensic services and management of human remains in Abuja today. High …
Powered by Eventbrite On Wednesday 23rd November 2016, 17:00-18:30, the ICRC and Every Casualty Worldwide will launch the first internationally produced Standards for Casualty Recording at the …
The ICRC has significantly scaled up its humanitarian response to civilians affected by the armed violence in North East Nigeria. In 2016 we continue to provide food , shelter and essential household …
In times of conflict, people are forced to flee from their homes leaving everything they own behind. Many of them end up in unfamiliar places and they have to struggle to survive. In South Sudan we …
Protecting health care is now a more pressing concern than ever. Around the world, health workers seeking to exercise their profession in complete safety, while abiding by the rules of medical …
Zimbabwe has experienced erratic rainfall in the last two years making it difficult for prison farm managers to grow crops that meet the dietary needs of the inmates. This video highlights how the …
Access to health care is not always safe in the Niger Delta region and elsewhere in Nigeria. The rate of attacks on health-care providers, facilities and associated vehicles across the country is …
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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.
