Update for customary IHL database - December 2016
We have just updated the customary IHL database to include additional practice from Canada and India . The database contains: the 161 rules of customary IHL identified in the ICRC's 2005 customary …
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Iraq: What goes in an ICRC emergency aid parcel?
Ever wonder what we put in an emergency aid package? Our colleagues in Iraq break it down. As winter arrives in Iraq, over 3 million people are displaced , including over 100,000 people who have …
Our work in Thailand
The ICRC has been present in Thailand for 40 years, carrying out a range of activities in South East Asia region to alleviate the suffering caused by conflict and other situations of violence in …
Our work in Viet Nam
Decades after the conflict in Viet Nam, explosive remnants of war continue to contaminate the land threatening people's lives and impeding development. More than 350,000 people are still listed as …
Our work in Cambodia
In the 50 years of the ICRC's presence in Cambodia, the organisation has been carrying out a wide range of activities in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the …
Georgia: Piglets Peugeot and Toyota prove the fruits of labour
Since 2009, the ICRC has been supporting residents of conflict-affected villages along the administrative boundary line in Georgia's Shida Kartli region, helping families rebuild livelihoods and …
Photo gallery: Displaced families in Surigao del Sur receive farm tools for livelihood
After the distribution of vegetable seeds, food, and hygiene kits in October 2016, the ICRC team returned to the same villages to bring farm tools. The ICRC convoy went through rough terrains to …
SARC and ICRC finalise evacuation of some 35,000 people from devastated Aleppo neighbourhoods
22-12-2016 Damascus/Geneva: The operation to evacuate civilians and fighters from East Aleppo was finalized this evening, after a week marked by stops and starts and increasingly bad weather. Some …
Syrian family reunited after being separated by war
Mohammad and his family were forced to escape the conflict in Syria and seek refuge in Lebanon. With no access to health care, Mohammad was almost permanently paralysed after being seriously injured. …
Lebanon: Syrian refugee boy receives prosthetic legs
When Ahmad was only five years old, a mortar landed on his house in Idlib, Syria while he was playing in the garden and he immediately lost both his legs. …
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