Humanitarian aid workers and their protection under international law
… Humanitarian aid, by definition, is provided in complex and insecure … Therefore humanitarian workers, including health-care personnel, often face tremendous risks to …
… Humanitarian aid, by definition, is provided in complex and insecure … Therefore humanitarian workers, including health-care personnel, often face tremendous risks to …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… The 32nd International Conference, held in Geneva from … report (2015, 32IC/15/19.3) Resolution 4: Health Care in Danger: Continuing to protect the …
… Tripoli (ICRC) - The humanitarian situation in and around Tripoli has deteriorated sharply … crucial that hospitals, medical facilities, health staff and vehicles transporting the … we couldn’t stand it anymore. We were scared that our home would be hit by a shell, …
… Health-care workers should be provided with tools, … ensure both their physical and mental well-being. It is essential to keep this in mind when … Gaza, Syria and Ukraine. Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
… nurses to share their experiences and explain how COVID-19 is impacting their work. … conflict zone and now facing a massive public health crisis. I'm based in the main Maiduguri … is one of the few places they can get health care. Natasha Moon works at the main hospital …
… two-year-old daughter as she sleeps at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Kismayo General … therapeutic milk, he has been regaining his health. Despite the good progress, Arbay …
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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.