12-05-2023 Juba, South Sudan (ICRC) - For the first time, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) introduced two new cassava varieties to South Sudan. In an event on Friday, the Ministry …
States face a formidable task when it comes to implementing international humanitarian law (IHL) within the domestic legal order. This table contains information on all existing national committees …
The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay is based in Brasilia, with offices in Boa Vista (Roraima), Fortaleza …
It doesn’t take a physicist to know that time is really relative, and that ten years can feel like ten minutes, while ten minutes can be as slow as ten years. This is how Turki Al-Naimi, a Syrian …
The Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme was developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the aim of mitigating the consequences of armed violence for …
The unforgiving sun beats down on Taga's back as he trudges through the rugged terrain, not knowing where his journey will take him. He is one of the many refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who …
This evaluation, completed in August 2022, assessed the ICRC's Health Care in Danger Strategy. The evaluation identified good practices where the ICRC delivers effectively through the theory of …
This evaluation, completed in November 2022, assessed the ICRC's programme to rehabilitate critical water infrastructure serving communities in Jordan . The evaluation assessed the programme as …
This evaluation, completed in November 2022, assessed the process of establishing the Surgical Learning Hub in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo . The hub provides structured trainings for …
The Pretoria regional delegation of the ICRC has been focused its efforts to responding to challenges faced by migrants and their families in the region in 2022. The ICRC in Southern Africa has been …
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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.
