… result of a two-day workshop for experts on international humanitarian law (IHL) and … the conduct of hostilities; protection for health-care personnel and facilities; detention …
… 07-03-2020 Sanaa/Geneva (ICRC) - Intense fighting on the frontline between … without food, shelter, and access to medical care. Marib Governorate already has a large … dignified treatment of the dead in support of health facilities. “I’ve met people from all …
… When people die during war, disaster or migration, their bodies … COVID-19 . These recommendations include: The health and safety of all those directly … can handle. Additional resources for health care and death care workers Posters: Basic …
… must be addressed if we are to end the suffering in Syria. Four months ago, in one of the … humanitarian law. Hospitals hit, health and humanitarian workers killed. Heavy … need to be taken. There needs to be more careful consideration as to what actually …
… 2020, the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continued to take its toll on the … deliver medical supplies, train forensic and healthcare staff, start and continue key …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … Sudan. The ICRC helps evacuate children and caretakers from an orphanage in Khartoum to a … economic specialized services, such as mental-health collective impact. It coordinates with …
… 28-03-2024 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee … were referred to the ICRC for medical care and psychosocial support. The ICRC is … separated family members to reconnect. Health 450 wounded people were admitted to the …
… Geneva (ICRC) – The humanitarian response in Gaza is on the verge of total collapse. Six … to continue providing much-needed medical care to patients. The deterioration of the … by repeated attacks impacting the work of healthcare facilities and medical personnel. …
… Friedrich Born, a delegate from the International Committee of the Red Cross … in need of protection, where food and medical care are provided by the ICRC until December … of Budapest The ICRC provides them with health care, medicine and 3,000 food packages …
… The ongoing hostilities in Gaza, Israel and the Golan … assisting with forensic equipment and mental health support as part of long-standing … delicate operations. This trust, and our careful and principle-driven approach, is what …
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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.
