10-07-2018 Abuja: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in close cooperation with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), is responding to the most urgent needs of more than 22,000 …
Nurjahan I lost my husband during the chaos of violence back home in Myanmar. It’s only my son and me now, and life has been tough. My health is so poor that I am out of breath all the time and my …
In 2017, the ICRC procured goods and services worth over 111 crore Indian rupees (17.08 million US dollars) from Indian suppliers for people in need in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. India is …
The Emergency Room Trauma Course is a highly practical and simulation-based course designed by the ICRC to enhance the skills of health-care personnel who deal with cases of trauma in the emergency …
Kuwait (ICRC) – The ICRC and the Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement on 3 July to co-host the next edition of the Senior Workshop on International Rules …
A three day humanitarian reporting and first aid training for 14 community radio journalists has ended in Saniquellie, Nimba County. Held under the theme: "Making our stories count; integrating …
03-07-2018 Dhaka (ICRC) – I am leaving this region with a sober assessment of the situation here. I travelled to both sides of the border – to the northern parts of Rakhine State where people had …
It's hard to imagine life without electricity. Yet this is the case for countless number of people affected by armed conflict in Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Iraq. Many experience frequent …
Juba/Nairobi (ICRC): After weeks of fighting that prevented humanitarian aid from reaching people around Leer, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been granted safe access to …
"Everything we had was gone... We were left with nothing," recalled Mohammed Ali, a resident of Gudis village in Darolebu district in eastern Ethiopia. He was among the more than 8,400 families …
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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.
