On the day Kaory returned to her home country of Honduras, her body was received by her father and siblings. It had been 13 days since her death in Mexico, and 10 years since she fled her homeland to …
For decades, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has significantly impacted the livelihood of people living in conflict-affected communities. The year 2020 was especially hard for them – first, due to the …
Since 2019, the World Bank and ICRC have partnered to expand access to health care for conflict-affected and hard-to-reach communities in the states of Upper Nile and Jonglei. In the early morning …
… left the land and moved to the cities to find jobs.” The loss of palms and the drying of the … areas like Basra or Najaf in the search for jobs. As an example, the population of the … rural areas to go work in unskilled labor jobs in urban areas or in the oil fields. …
After seven years of unabated conflict, the health system across the country has been severely weakened. About half of the health facilities in country are out of service while many of the …
… their basic needs, although many had petty jobs (36%), engaged in farming (22%) or …
… "Patients are coming, and we are doing some jobs, all the services that cannot be …
On Sunday, August 22, Diomède was walking in the streets of Bamenda, in Cameroon, when he was attacked by armed men in the middle of the afternoon. He succumbed to his injuries the next day. While in …
The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent organization, whose humanitarian mission is to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict, and to promote respect for international …
… with the extreme stress associated with their jobs. Since their work can get emotionally … with the extreme stress associated with their jobs. Since their work can get emotionally …
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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.
