Addressing Violence Against Health Care in Peshawar, a research report compiled by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, …
Migration is a complex, global phenomenon, which has multiple and diverse causes. Regardless of why people leave their country of origin, when they migrate they can become vulnerable. One of the …
Residents of a front-line community transport insulation material, December 2018 A car with insulation material distributed by the ICRC in Luhansk region during the onset of the winter season in …
The sea and the land migratory routes from Turkey to Greece remain dangerous and even deadly, while people continue to get separated, leaving families in anxiety and despair. In 2018, according to …
The importance of protecting cultural heritage in times of conflict has been highlighted by broadcaster and historian Dan Snow, during a visit to Timbuktu with the ICRC. The British presenter visited …
This is the third of a series of Humanitarium events to explore localization in contemporary humanitarian action - a major policy discussion in the sector today following the Grand Bargain. The event …
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's unique combination of local, national and international responses is vital in conflict-affected communities, a new report concludes. 'The case for …
In 2018, the ICRC continued to address the needs of vulnerable groups and individuals in Ethiopia by partnering with national bodies in order to do so as effectively as possible. We visited over …
11-02-2019 Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Seventy-four years after nuclear weapons obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the risk that nuclear weapons will again be used is growing. Far …
According to the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), a prisoner of war (PoW) is generally a member of the regular armed forces of one country detained by another country, in relation to the armed …
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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.
