… The Florence Nightingale Medal is awarded to nurses who display … exemplary service in the areas of public health and nursing education. Thirteen nurses … the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal . CARE AMID CONFLICT REGIONAL FEATURE THE …
… A recent report drafted by the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, in collaboration … non-discriminatory and impartial provision of health care, which is protected under international …
… of armed conflicts. Such is the case in some parts of the provinces of Maguindanao … continues to provide medical support to local health structures to treat people wounded by … in similar situations, ensuring continuity of care, which is essential for full recovery. …
… Facing massive displacement that has resulted from the fighting, health services in South Sudan are working … 2,600 operations Video - Lifesaving medical care for children - see text below for more …
… Every day in conflict zones, doctors, nurses, ambulance … our video. Together we say: Stop attacks. Health-care workers are #NotATarget. One single …
… – The African Union (AU) Commission and the International Committee of the Red Cross … Ababa on 22 October on the protection of health services in situations of armed … (PRC). In 2012, the ICRC launched the "Health Care in Danger" project that aims at improving …
… pandemic has further destabilized public health systems already weakened by war and natural disasters in Yemen , Syria , Iraq , Gaza , Occupied … COVID-19 Hospitals in Gaza are striving to care for COVID19 patients with only four hours …
… Addis Ababa (ICRC)–A day after fighting around the Tigray state capital Mekelle, local hospitals and health facilities are running dangerously low on medical supplies to care for the wounded as well as other mounting …
… An overview of the ICRC's large health programmes in Somalia and examples of the help we were … our work in health has expanded from direct care of those injured in battle to include war …
… Over 41 per cent of health-care workers reported having experienced some form of violence in the …
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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.
