… force and prision emergency: the 5 most pressing issues in 2022 By Jordi Raich, head of the … disappearances, worsening mental health and the lack of access to basic services such as health care and education. In a region affected by …
… across the Near and Middle East are marking Islam's holy month this year amid ongoing … has already reduced the access to food, health and education for many. The ICRC is … facilities like hospitals, primary health care centers with donations of disinfectant …
… 2013 and outlook 2014 (PDF) The hope of being able to turn the page and leave behind a … DISAPPEARANCE “There used to be a health post here, but it’s gone now. It’s the … drop out of school, hinders access to health care services and prevents farmers from …
… For decades, some communities in Myanmar have had to live alongside the … food insecurity, no access to clean water and health care, and other basic necessities. Added to …
… or targeted, nuclear power plants and other installations containing dangerous forces have … severe short- and long-term effects on human health and on the environment, which are … be civilian. Parties must also take constant care to spare the civilian population, …
… June and September 2016, over 17,000 people in 16 countries were asked to share their … practices are wrong and that civilians and health-care workers and facilities must be protected. …
… "What I am going to do without any money or anything else" … a coma. When I woke up, I was in intensive care. My brother said: 'What I am going to do … ICRC carried out activities in the areas of health, economic security and water and …
… to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed … of IHL. Yet today, violence against health-care personnel, facilities and transports is …
… (ICRC) – At the annual conference of the International Corrections and Prisons … facilities where hygiene is inadequate, health care unavailable and safety impossible to …
… The ICRC in South Sudan will expand its primary and secondary health-care services (including mental health and …
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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.
