Addis Ababa (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) left Addis Ababa today at the end of a visit to Ethiopia, during which he had talks with the highest …
Imagine a medical facility with high traffic of 300 inbound patients each day, where the number of doctors and staff are disproportionate to the volume of patients. In addition, the country's …
In August and September, the International Committee of the Red Cross maintained the implementation of its various activities in the realm of health care, physical rehabilitation, economic security, …
In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …
16-01-2020 Jerusalem – Most Israeli and Palestinian millennials think the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “will never end”. Of several conflict-afflicted countries they were the most pessimistic in …
16-01-2020 International Committee of the Red Cross survey asked 16,000 millennials in 16 countries their views on war. Geneva (ICRC) – Millennials see catastrophic war as a real likelihood in their …
16-01-2020 Almost half of all millennials think it is more likely than not there will be a third world war in their lifetime, a new Red Cross survey finds. That's the result of a global survey of …
"This is not a job to make money. It's just a way to help" Story by Nadera Zohra Bouazza Famata Hassan has a tragic relationship with childbirth. Her daughter was pregnant when she was forced to flee …
34 youngsters, 2 days and 1 goal! Thirty-four youth volunteers from different branches of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) gathered for a two-day intensive training workshop to enhance their …
Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in near-constant crisis as the combination of droughts, floods, and violence force people from their homes and erode …
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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.
