When he told me that he had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, I felt as if my soul had been ripped apart. It’s been over two years since Champa's husband was detained in the Stung Treng prison, …
When one of our colleagues, working in Afghanistan, took a picture of a baby snug in a pink sweater, he didn't really have much in mind. He was hoping the image would go some way in showing the …
14-03-2018 Damascus/Geneva (ICRC): In the event that humanitarian evacuations from Eastern Ghouta, Afrin, or any other area in Syria take place, the below standards and rules offer guidance to …
Does anyone care about Tanganyika Province? Far from the attention of the media and humanitarian agencies, the people in this part of the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are …
14-03-2018 Belgrade (ICRC/Croatian Red Cross): Over 65 million people have been forced to flee their homes globally due to armed conflict or natural disasters, often separated from their family …
Facts and figures for 2017 In 2017, the ICRC continued to support families of missing persons to cope with psychological and social difficulties by helping to address their needs of legal and …
Facts and figures for 2017 Doris Kapula lost her husband and their house during an election-related conflict between the Amala and Teremanda tribes in Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. "Life …
In August 2017, the ICRC and the Burundi Red Cross reached an accord with Burundi's Ministry of Health and began providing support to four health centres located in the Kamenge, Buterere II, Kinindo …
''Somebody hold my hand,'' shouted Abdullah, a 23 year old internally displaced person (IDP), as he roamed through his village in South Kordofan, amidst the sound of gunshots and the smell of smoke, …
We had wanted to do something different this year on International Women's Day, so we contacted several associations in Bangui supporting women with disabilities and proposed a morning's exchange on …
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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.
