Considerable attention has focused recently on the destruction of historic monuments in many of the world's armed conflicts. What is however not so widely realized is that in the event of armed …
"I finally intervened and said: listen, if you want to kill us, you all have guns and you might as well kill us here." Read all stories on International Women's Day 2016 …
During her time working for the ICRC in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Coline Rapneau had an experience that changed her life, and her opinion of how and why sexual violence should be spoken …
Helping to ensure that places of detention are clean and hygienic remains a priority for the ICRC who have been working in Zimbabwean prisons since 2009. In 2015, the ICRC introduced a chlorine …
In the rural areas of Pakistan, fodder cutting machines are used every day by farmers and their families for preparation of fodder for the livestock they own. But a simple act of preparing livestock …
Pascaline's life was forever changed after being raped by armed men in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. She went on to face the rejection of her husband and community. Victims of sexual violence …
07-03-2016 Monrovia (ICRC) – Fourteen Ivorian children who had sought refuge in Liberia five years ago were reunited with their families between 4 and 12 February. The International Committee of the …
The attack on the town of Mpeketoni in Lamu had a devastating effect on Teresia Wangechi. Invaders killed 85 people – all men, except for one woman, Wangechi's daughter. The assault's aftermath left …
Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 Hospitals embody our sense of humanity and our compassion for those who are suffering. If we are to care for patients we need to ensure that hospitals …
Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 The headlines from conflict zones tell the tale: hospitals are being bombed, doctors attacked, and health-care facilities raided by combatants pursuing …
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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.
