Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, yesterday delivered urgently needed food and other essential relief …
Cases, Documents and Teaching Materials on Contemporary Practice in International Humanitarian Law, by Marco Sassòli, Antoine A. Bouvier and Anne Quintin Browse online The ICRC's core publication …
Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Seventeen health professionals completed a five-day seminar in Addis Ababa today on mental health in prisons. The aim of the training, organized jointly by the International …
Are you a doctor wondering how to interact with the media, or a nurse wondering how to treat patient information in difficult circumstances? Are you an ambulance driver unsure of what your …
Visiting detainees and protecting the civilian population The ICRC visits detainees in Afghanistan and other countries around the world to monitor the conditions in which detainees are held and the …
28-10-2014 As the conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a heavy toll on civilians, the ICRC is carrying on with its work to improve the protection of medical services. "We are concerned by the …
Gaza, Khuza’a – Khan Younis. A joint ICRC and Palestine Red Crescent team evacuate the wounded and dead. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / R. Humeid Gaza, Khuza’a – Khan Younis. An old man is evacuated from his …
The plight of people who have disappeared in armed conflicts, other situations of violence and disasters — and the suffering of their families, all too often ignored — has been a constant concern of …
Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), statement by Peter Maurer, ICRC president, Windhoek, Namibia, 27 October 2014. I am very grateful for the …
29-10-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – At the annual conference of the International Corrections and Prisons Association , which is being held in Windhoek from 26 to 31 October, senior experts from around the …
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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.
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