… 11-05-2021 Statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, Regional … it is critical that people can access the health care and treatment they need, and we reiterate …
… 19-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – In an ideal world, health-care workers who risk their lives to save …
… International humanitarian law (IHL) – also … SERVICE ON IHL RESPECTING AND PROTECTING HEALTH CARE IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND IN SITUATIONS NOT …
… Council open debate, protection of civilians in armed conflict: Speech given by Mr Peter … us, that the pandemic has not solely been a health crisis: it has intensified existing … kept apart, shuttered schools, routine health care and vaccinations halted. We have seen the …
… Statement HL Side Event on Protection of Health Care: Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. …
… 28-05-2021 Fearing another eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano … require support to ensure continuity of care, particularly in primary health centers. At Ndosho hospital, the ICRC …
… Goma residents who had fled the city. Prime Minister Sama Lukonde said that, in the first … to Goma. This includes providing water and health care and reuniting separated families. They …
… Many people who migrate, whether alone or in caravans, flee for different reasons … bus driver a couple of times about the girl´s health, but both times he ignored her and the … her family received support and mental health care from the ICRC. "Psychosocial support has …
… Burkina Faso has been experiencing a humanitarian … What little water they do have, they ration carefully. Hygiene and sanitation are … women. Samuel TURPIN/ICRC Q: What is the health care situation in rural areas? …
… The Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG) in collaboration with the Global Network for … their programs and workplaces to new public health requirements – leaders from countries … shape humanitarian responses. The global health emergency caused by COVID-19 is a …
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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.
