… As we mark the International Day to Protect Education from … of armed violence on education and health services. This includes the schools, … strategy makes them feel valued, loved and cared for, keeping them in school. Does the …
… today reveals five times more civilians die in offensives carried out in cities than in … fleeing. Essential urban services like water, health care, electricity and schools are damaged, …
… ICRC President Peter Maurer at a high-level ministerial meeting on the humanitarian … destroyed homes and infrastructure. Primary health care is on the brink of collapse, water …
… Universal meeting of national committees and similar bodies … protection of cultural property, provision of health care and protection of internally displaced …
… 16-03-2022 High levels of armed violence in Mexico and Central America continue … how violence affected communities' access to health care and education. In addition to the visible …
… The international armed conflict between Russia … Oliinyk/ICRC Food, water, essential items and health assistance The ICRC is providing … to frontline/referral hospitals and health-care facilities. 180 physiotherapists were …
… never happens by accident. It is always intentional, and this has a crucial … provided as part of a broader emergency health-care approach benefitting the general …
… list of publications and films available in Arabic. Each entry is in Arabic and English … 162 مطبوعات- الرعاية الصحية يف خطر Health Care in Danger - Publications 174 أفالم- …
… 27-07-2020 Bangui (ICRC) – The struggle against COVID-19 is intensifying against the … with barrier gestures, as well as helping health facilities and prisons to introduce … become a disease spreader. We must also take care not to place our staff at risk." …
… called humanitarian safe passages. From Ukraine to Syria, the ICRC has been involved in … northwest of Syria. The wounded were taken to health care centres, while a mix of local …
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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.
