… During the past ten years there has been much … situations to provide the immediate medical care that might be characterised as adequate … to limit the risk of death and other adverse health effects. The dose of a chemical used is …
… ICRC medical adviser Dr Robin Coupland visited Australia recently to … attend the World Medical Association's Global Health Summit. During his visit, we talked to him about his long career as an ICRC surgeon and perspectives on …
… The meeting covered grounds and procedures for … of detention, and the provision of medical care – would have to be addressed, and to … to the conflict in so far as the state of health, the spiritual needs and the number of …
… 31-05-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – A video filmed in our Mariupol office now circulating in some media is filled with false claims … commonly used by teams working to neutralize dangerous items to avoid accidents. The ICRC …
… Humanitarian aid, by definition, is provided in complex and insecure … Therefore humanitarian workers, including health-care personnel, often face tremendous risks to …
… Giving birth in South Sudan is often dangerous and difficult. Medical care can be long distances away, forcing … travel on foot late in their pregnancy to a health facility – a hardship endured by …
… The COVID-19 pandemic has led to complications in many detention facilities in Colombia. Not … basic services for detainees, such as food, health care and judicial guarantees. In the midst of …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … across Ireland, a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget, from 14 September to 18 …
… 2021, the ICRC, supported by the EU and in collaboration with the Portuguese Red Cross … in Portugal a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget The film screening is part of …
… Report drawn up by the Advisory Service on international humanitarian law of the … in particular on the quality and scope of the health and medical system in the country in … objectives — more clearly defined and more carefully selected — were to be made the …
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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.
