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Last year, conflict didn't stop because of COVID-19 . And neither did we – thanks to you! As the pandemic spread around the world, we were able to take immediate action to adapt our work and ensure …
Last year, conflict didn't stop because of COVID-19 . And neither did we – thanks to you! As the pandemic spread around the world, we were able to take immediate action to adapt our work and ensure …
Last year, as the pandemic spread around the world, we took immediate action to adapt our work to ensure that people affected by conflict were not forgotten. By continuing to provide life-saving food …
The recent development of the ICRC 2030 disability vision has highlighted the need for the ICRC to strengthen its service delivery, incorporate elements of accessibility into ICRC programming, …
Over 41 per cent of health-care workers reported having experienced some form of violence in the last two months , with verbal violence, false accusations and stigmatisation being the more commonly …
ICRC Theme — Winner ‘We are friends’ — Wanitchakarn Mai-arin The winner piece reflects the artist’s belief that help should be given without any bias — disregarding the race or religious backgrounds …
Children in armed conflict situations are particularly vulnerable to a myriad of risks that deprive them of a childhood. Their access to education and healthcare often disrupted, and sometimes …
The ICRC, in partnership with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), delivered emergency assistance to people displaced by ethnic violence that occurred in Konso Zone in Southern Ethiopia. Around …
The Nekemte Physical Rehabilitation Center (PRC), located in Wollega, Oromia region (west Ethiopia), started the production of crutches and crutch handles with the technical and material support from …
What does data protection mean in a COVID world? Has our acceptance of digital surveillance changed due to the pandemic? And what are its consequences for humanitarian settings? To mark the launch of …
2020 has been a year like no other in recent history. COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of people’s lives and placed a colossal strain on physical and mental health , health systems , …
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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.