Of the hundreds of families that once called Vodiane home, only seven now inhabit this tiny village that was known as Mariupol's favourite vacation spot. But those times are long gone. Isolated and …
The ICRC and the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) continued to provide relief to people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence in 2017. We have increased our field assistance …
When Alberto Cairo gave a TED Talk on the ICRC's physical rehabilitation services in Afghanistan, he hoped it would "get a few clicks" and that maybe it would prompt more discussions about disability …
24-07-2018 Khartoum (ICRC) – 18,000 families in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, 14,000 in Rokero and 4,000 in Golo, are receiving seeds and food assistance from the International Committee of the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross is proud to organize for the second time a writing competition in Arabic to engage the Arabic speaking scholars on relevant IHL discussions and to provide …
In 2018, the ICRC has 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 …
The excitement in the air is palpable as Abubakar steps forward and pitches his idea: an irrigation system that automatically reads the water needs of plants and then administers the perfect amount …
In 1926, when Lady Reading started collecting funds to establish a hospital in Peshawar, no one could have anticipated that the facility would one day provide medical care to 28 million people. The …
Meet Mesheck Kyandu. He fled his home in Pweto, Democratic Republic of Congo because of armed violence. During that time, he got separated from the rest of his family. They are still in the …
On 18 July, the ICRC is marking Nelson Mandela International Day with the launch of a new edition of 'A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management' by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, …
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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.
