… International humanitarian law (IHL) prohibits … ensure the provision of access to appropriate care for all victims/survivors without … treatment’; or ‘serious injury to body or health’. See, for example, ICTY, Prlić, Trial …
… Since 2014, the Lake Chad crisis has been … to leave for their own safety. Schools, health facilities and humanitarian … no longer move freely, and access to health care, education and markets is disrupted. …
… persist One month after a ceasefire deal in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict came into … hygiene facilities, clean water Mental health and psychosocial support Damage to … the region, as of early December: HEALTH CARE 15 hospitals and medical facilities …
… Over 41 per cent of health-care workers reported having experienced some form of violence in the …
… Joanne Nanguhori is from East Sepik and Jinny Mombu from Southern Highlands, but they share the same passion – to take care of the sick and the vulnerable. This … of Nursing in 2018. Joanne's work with rural health facilities brought her face to face …
… Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entering into force, we celebrate this essential … nuclear weapons and a big win for planetary health. The International Committee of the Red … challenges for providing medical care and other humanitarian assistance to …
… With many meteorological stations having fallen into disuse or now obsolete, the … serious in a country where access to health care is extremely limited. The situation is …
… was the Spanish flu of 1918, which reportedly infected 500 million people—one-third of the … 2021). It took the lives of many frontline health workers, destroyed economies, and … disinfectant wipes and rubber gloves. Healthcare staff in the above-mentioned places of …
… ICRC to publish a new report today called, “Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: … by an intricate mesh of water, sanitation, health and electricity systems. When these … $2 billion per year globally in health care costs and lost productivity.” Yet a GTFCC …
… Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region erupted over … when they fled their homes. Lack of access to health services and lack of security are other … medical services. Supporting primary health care facilities is now an even greater …
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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.
