The handbook is intended for commanders of military units (battalions and companies) whose troops are involved in or about to embark on law enforcement operations where domestic law and international …
The local scenario and the Safer Access methodology from ICRC Jaqueline Naibert, a nurse at a Health Unit in Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul), makes a home visit to Ivone de Fátima Soares de …
Once a joyful and beautiful place where children played and families enjoyed normal days, surrounded by lush nature, traditional homes, livestock and farms, many areas of Kachin State in Myanmar have …
Armed conflicts can have a devastating impact on the environment, and the environmental consequences of conflict in turn threaten people's health and livelihoods. States met to discuss in 2023. …
A sewing machine, an electric iron, an ironing board, a table to cut fabric, a pair of scissors, some needles and threads – these are a few of Svetlana’s favourite things. What may look like common …
Today, it will be 78 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The impact of a single bomb was unimaginably catastrophic. It devastated the city and the death toll …
A community torn apart by violence has had their loved ones returned to them after a wait of 40 years. In Oronccoy, Ayacucho, the remains of 31 missing people have been handed over to their loved …
During armed conflict, the civilian population cannot survive for long without food and water. And yet, conflict drives food insecurity based both on how warring parties choose to wage their battles …
Years of displacement have separated thousands of families in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno. For those who have returned to their homes of origin, search for their loved ones never stops. …
The ICRC team in the Republic of Moldova organized psychosocial support sessions for local children and those who had fled the conflict in Ukraine, with the support of the Bender branch of 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.
