Dhaka (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continues to support the Prisons Directorate (PD) in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 to help mitigate the risk of the spread of coronavirus …
In addition to outbreaks of cholera, the Ebola virus and measles, which continue to claim thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country now has to grapple with the …
Amir Khan, Ahmadullah and Mohammad Halim are familiar with hard times. Living through the death of their loved ones, loss of all their belongings, financial crunch and displacement from their homes, …
Authorities have the responsibility to ensure safe and dignified burials for those who died of COVID-19 . In the process, authorities need to consider public health issues, forensic guidelines, but …
27-07-2020 Bangui (ICRC) – The struggle against COVID-19 is intensifying against the background of the alarming spread of the disease in the Central African Republic (CAR). Although the number of …
By Simonetta Sommaruga and Peter Maurer* Their bright colours attract children, arousing their curiosity. And it is children who often trigger their explosion, losing an arm, a leg or their lives. …
People help rescue a child during the floods in Sana'a city. Ali ALSONAIDAR A man puts together stones to prevent water from entering his house. Ali ALSONAIDAR People check the extent of flood damage …
By working party on public international law (COJUR) The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to promoting respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) as part of its wider commitment, laid …
The ICRC Is pleased to announce the 2020 academic prize for best published work on IHL in the continent. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PRIZE 2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
I changed from someone receiving aid to someone who began to support her family and help her neighbours too. — Maryam The war in Syria began nine years ago and caused deaths in the hundreds of …
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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.
