09-09-2019 Ouagadougou (ICRC) – A downward spiral in violence in Burkina Faso this year has resulted in more than 500,000 people having their access to health care completely cut off or drastically …
The International Committee of the Red Cross employs close to 18,000 people in over 90 countries. These humanitarians face unprecedented challenges as they work in difficult circumstances and in …
The ICRC rehabilitated two water supply systems in the Bani Kinana District in Irbid Governorate, in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Yarmouk Water Company. The Bani …
Beijing (ICRC) – A high-level international seminar started today in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions , a set of rules that establish minimum standards of humanity that …
An interview with Shazia Nawaz, head of logistics in Khartoum The logistics division provides professional support for the ICRC's diverse and complex activities, developing timely, cost-efficient and …
The increasing use of anti-personnel mines of an improvised nature in recent conflicts has resulted in rising numbers of civilian casualties in many contexts. These mines have been referred to as …
January to June 2019 facts and figures During the first half of this year in Nigeria, the upsurge of attacks has led tens of thousands of people to flee, once again, and to settle within host …
Thousands of families in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines have been facing repeated and prolonged displacement for six months now due to the clashes between government forces and armed …
Intense discussions, pertinent questions and insightful comments marked the workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL) that was jointly organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Amman, Jordan (ICRC) – A two-day meeting to discuss how to improve the search for missing people , including victims of enforced disappearance, began today at the Dead Sea in Jordan with 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.
