World Mental Health Day: "Resilience is inbuilt, just needs right environment to flourish"
… 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 …
Access to physical rehabilitation services is essential for ensuring that people with physical disabilities can participate fully in society. Regaining mobility is an important step towards having …
For more than six years, the Yasynskys have lived off the flowers grown a mere few hundred meters from the front line. The science of flower farming had to be mastered from scratch in extreme …
In Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a staggering number of people are constantly forced to flee attacks by armed groups. This is Jeannette and Brigitte’s story. …
A decade of conflict has weighed heavily on Libya, a country with a rich cultural heritage and home to a generation of youth with dreams of successful careers and economic security. Despite a recent …
… for all. "Before this conflict, we all had jobs. We continued working past pension age," …
… to stay afloat," she said. "From cleaning jobs to gardening to farming, I have done it … they receive proper education and find good jobs to become independent. I wish they never …
… Offering mentorships, internships, jobs, exchange programs o Mentorship …
Children born with clubfoot in Somalia, a congenital birth affecting approximately one in every 1000 births globally, are treated at the SRCS centre. The condition, if caught early, is treatable and …
Fai, 49, hospital staff "The assistance of DJF was helpful to my recovery. The crutches that I previously used hurt my armpits, and it’s difficult to use when the floor is slippery. In my stay here …
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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.