… As one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross … (ICRC) has been on the front lines of major humanitarian emergencies for 160 years. …
… the security of health facilities, but also international and national governmental and … of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. The ultimate goal is to galvanize action …
… and supporting their families, and providing humanitarian forensic support. They also … seekers, who have special protection under international law. Haris Coussidis / ICRC Background More …
… given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in Amman. Call for action: urgent humanitarian response in Gaza Excellencies, … those that support them, must ensure that the law is interpreted and applied in a way that …
… of health care transport Addressing the humanitarian challenges With its devastating … DANGER JANUARY 2012 TO DECEMBER 2014 REPORT International Committee of the Red Cross 19, … field teams received the information from law enforcement officers, Authorities members …
… 16-01-2020 International Committee of the Red Cross … and the values underpinning international humanitarian law, such as the use of torture against enemy …
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… in Syria, included the improvement of the humanitarian situation as one of its main … achieve that goal, on 15 November 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross … The ICRC was represented by specialists in law, policy and protection, including a …
… hospital; ran awareness-raising sessions on international humanitarian law for 470 members of the Central African …
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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.
