Five months after violence disrupted humanitarian operations in Rakhine state, the ICRC has restarted a full range of activities there for the Muslim and ethnic Rakhine communities alike. "The Muslim …
For 30 years, Iakob Buadze’s life revolved around one goal – to find his brother, Merab, who had disappeared after joining the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the spring of 1993. A resident of …
… siblings had to stop their education and find jobs instead,’’ saidAfaf, an 11-year-old girl …
"How can we leave, when we have nowhere to go?" Édinson picked up an explosive device by mistake. The explosion not only blew off his hand, it also led to the displacement of his whole family. "My …
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
… lost family members, while others have lost jobs or struggled with mental health issues. …
Prior to the seeds and tools distribution in Dulamaya, a makeshift camp West of Juba, an ICRC staff, Joseph Mokorendere, runs a dissemination session. This is an opportunity to educate the affected …
The International Committee of the Red Cross family remembers Spanish physiotherapist Lorena Enebral Perez, 38, a passionate and dedicated professional who was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 11. The …
In Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a staggering number of people are constantly forced to flee attacks by armed groups. This is Jeannette and Brigitte’s story. …
A physician on the front lines in Yemen tells us about the stigma attached to working with COVID-19 patients, violence against health care services and personnel, and the importance of trust between …
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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.
