On 12 May 2020, we will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, who are …
Celebrating the amazing work of health care workers and volunteers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, we mark the World Red Cross and Red Crescent day during unprecedented …
Following the recent increase in armed violence in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique, several thousands of people were forced to flee to Pemba, seeking safety. The ICRC, Mozambique Red Cross …
Mexico City - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Mexican Red Cross are greatly concerned about the rising number of attacks on health care workers and health facilities in …
As cholera, measles and other chronic diseases continue to kill thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country is also grappling with COVID-19. The ICRC is adapting its support …
“I came home, thinking, and I started to cry there all over. Oh god, why is all of this happening to me!?” In one year, Nora's whole life fell apart. Before the anglophone crisis, everything was …
The wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is standard practice for the handling of the deceased and should be carried out in line with standard Health and Safety procedures. Healthcare and …
Webinar: Counter-terrorism, Sanctions & Humanitarian Access in the COVID-19 Era from ICRC on Vimeo . As part of its first online thematic IHL workshop on "Humanitarian Access in the Context of …
07-05-2020 The Rwanda Red Cross Society as an auxiliary to the Public Authorities, with the support of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Federation of Red Cross and Red …
As part of its first online thematic IHL workshop on "Humanitarian Access in the Context of COVID-19" (5-7 May 2020), the ICRC hosted a Webinar on "Counter-terrorism legislation & Sanctions in 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.
