21-01-2017 ICRC (Islamabad) – At an award ceremony today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the winners of its Essay Competition for 2016. The meeting was attended by Mr …
24-01-2017 Abuja (ICRC) - More than 25,000 people in Rann received food during a three-day distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that ended on Monday. The recipients …
Overcoming difficulties is something people with disabilities do every day. It takes great effort and dedication to adapt to their condition. Very often they have to learn all over again how to do …
JP and Grace left their three-month-old son Daniel to the care of relatives after their arrest in Manila in 2013. Since then, the detained couple would only hear the child's voice on the phone. The …
"It was around midnight when some armed men arrived in our village. We were roused from our sleep and all male residents were told to line up. We didn't know what was going on, but we were all …
Cambodia is one of the countries most affected by landmines in the world, it has the highest proportion of landmine amputees. Sophal (41) stepped on a mine when he was 18. He has been using a …
Renewed violence in 2016 severely affected the lives of thousands in South Sudan. Many people lost their lives, while others were forced to flee from their homes, leaving everything behind and often …
With more people on the move than ever before, conflicts lasting years and chronic violence on the rise in many areas, millions of children are deprived of even a basic education. From the sprawling …
The ever growing needs of the Afghan population suffering from the conflict has been exacerbated by the shrinking access of humanitarian aid workers in numerous parts of the country. Intensification …
Chemical warfare agents and many toxic industrial chemicals can penetrate the skin and can produce toxic effects .The correct use of the protective suit is critical. All skin must be sealed to avoid …
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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.
