War in Cities exhibit comes to Manila
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
Over the past ten years, several armed conflicts have plagued the Middle East and North Africa. These conflicts and other situations of violence have created unprecedented levels of human suffering …
2022 was a year of growth, in which we explored new ways of protecting and assisting people affected directly or indirectly by the armed violence in Venezuela. We improved people's access to clean …
… Ashfaq Yusufzai, “Specialist Doctors Quit Jobs to Join LRH”, Dawn News (9 June 2017) KP … compulsory to apply for in-house hospital jobs. Noti cations are legally binding. v. The …
Throughout 2020, the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continued to take its toll on the most vulnerable part of the population, who had to not only endure a context riddled with violence and a …
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
The ICRC depends on pertinent information to understand the environments in which it operates, and to respond effectively to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and other situations of …
In 2019 Venezuela experienced an increase in social tensions, and its economic and social situation deteriorated, giving rise to a shortage of essential goods, health care, and other essential …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that operates according to the Fundamental Principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence and has the …
11-10-2017 ICRC, IFRC, and UNOCHA release a brief guide for humanitarians. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies …
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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.