… 27-07-2020 Bangui (ICRC) – The struggle against COVID-19 is intensifying against the … with barrier gestures, as well as helping health facilities and prisons to introduce … become a disease spreader. We must also take care not to place our staff at risk." …
… people benefited from the work of the ICRC during 2014. This reflects our commitment to … project, access to water, psychosocial care, to mention but a few. Last year, this … victims of sexual violence who go to health facilities are forced to comply with …
… called humanitarian safe passages. From Ukraine to Syria, the ICRC has been involved in … northwest of Syria. The wounded were taken to health care centres, while a mix of local …
… When someone goes missing due to conflict, the children they leave … Program Enrollee The ICRC’s mental health and psychosocial support teams in … because she is the only one I know that cares for me after my father went missing. I …
… end of pandemics. Communities are already living on a knife edge where additional shocks … that pandemics cannot be addressed solely as health issues. Instead the precondition is a … Attacks – including cyber-attacks – on health care workers and facilities are continuing …
… for January to June 2017 The armed conflict in north-east Nigeria continues to affect … emergency aid, as well as supporting health-care services and livelihoods, particularly in …
… The ICRC has been working in Luhansk and surrounding areas since … water supply services. ENSURING LIFESAVING CARE & OTHER HEALTH SERVICES 7 specialized medical …
… with Wide Area Effects: A Deadly Choice in Populated Areas' report calls for a change … including water, electricity, sanitation and health care Contamination by unexploded ordnance …
… 11-08-2015 The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … restrictions are having a dramatic impact on health care," added Mr Maurer. "Health facilities …
… “When I was shot in the abdomen some years ago, I did not know … Contador-Kelsall / ICRC Jeremy Trur, the ICRC Health Officer in charge of the First Aid … burns. Unfortunately, during fights, health care is not always accessible whether it be …
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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.
