… Geneva (ICRC) – The 2020 Florence Nightingale Medal pays tribute to nursing staff who put themselves on the line to care for others while working in the most … of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Assembly in Nightingale's honor. This …
… known as Azahara, has been an ICRC nurse in Gao, northern Mali , for over five years. … a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. After several years with … later, in the hospital or elsewhere, in good health and smiling," she explained. "That …
… During the pandemic, we continued to carry out … of travel, food and accommodation for the 886 health-care workers who took part in this exercise, …
… Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, Statement to the UN … ICRC. The tragedies I've seen so far in my career have left deep scars within me. Unlike … damage to critical infrastructure, such as health care, water and electricity. …
… "Nobody wants to live near a hospital in Aleppo." Javier Senent, president of the … weeks, six of the few remaining functioning health-care facilities in Aleppo had been destroyed …
… at NATO's Maritime Command headquarters in London. The three-week project centred on … law (IHL), including the need to protect health-care workers, health facilities and patients …
… of Libya have just concluded a two-day training course supported by the ICRC in surgery … The ICRC has provided supplies for over 20 health-care facilities in the country since July. …
… vehicles under attack While attacks on health-care facilities in different conflict zones are widely …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … be broadcasting a short film on the risks to health-care '#NotATarget' in Filmstaden cinemas …
… given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. UN … essential services, such as electricity, health, education, water and sanitation. When … spread, hospitals struggle to provide care, schools go dark. Given the enormous …
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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.
