When we ensure protection and respect for health workers, we also ensure that people who need their help receive continuous care. This is all the more important in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has …
Neither Luis, Jorge, or Lisseth were born in the city of Santa Elena de Uairén, in the state of Bolívar, but due to different life circumstances, they were all in Santa Elena when the COVID-19 …
… amid a spiraling economic crisis. The loss of jobs, businesses and savings had a harsh …
COVID-19 poses unprecedented challenges to states and communities across the globe. Like in many other countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has joined the massive efforts …
For many people, the death of a loved one is marked by grief and certainty. Condolences are shared by relatives and friends, burial rites are held, and the remains are moved to a grave, providing …
14-09-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – Increasing violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has led to a 62 per cent spike in deaths and more than a million [1] people being forced to flee their homes over the …
… realities of restricted movement, disrupted jobs and education, and the ongoing threat to …
15-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC)—Rising food prices and job losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are raising fears that food insecurity and malnutrition in lower-income communities across Africa are on …
… workers are safe and able to carry out their jobs is crucial for their protection and …
… faced an uncertain future since losing their jobs in March, when the clothing factories in …
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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.
