Armed conflict and crime are taking their toll on civilians in northern Mali . For people wounded in the fighting, like Assouman Ag Bilal (pictured), medical treatment provided by the ICRC is …
by Dominik Stillhart, director of operations for the ICRC In a year that saw millions of lives torn apart by armed conflict and violence across the globe, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, …
The ICRC recently helped the Liberian authorities fumigate Monrovia Central Prison against bed bugs. This is part of our support to prison authorities in their efforts to improve conditions for …
Fadimata Zahara Cissé, affectionately known as Azahara, has been an ICRC nurse in Gao, northern Mali , for over five years. She is a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. …
Philippine Red Cross staff and volunteers carry a wounded comrade during the Zamboanga Stand-Off In this shared experience, the Philippine Red Cross recounts the challenges it encountered and how it …
Five years ago, 25-year-old Issa* left Guinea in the hope of finding a better life in Europe. Instead of leading him to the land of his dreams, however, his journey across Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, …
11-01-2016 Damascus / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the United Nations (UN), has begun delivering vital aid …
Fighting left the hospital in the northern Malian town of Gao in a state of chaos and unable to provide care, just when victims of the clashes were most in need of emergency treatment. With support …
The World Humanitarian Summit, taking place on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul, will bring together for the first time ever all internatonal humanitarian stakeholders to discuss and reshape humanitarian …
The people of Syria are on their knees. The economy has collapsed, essential infrastructure like water and power networks are hanging by a thread, and on top of that a very cold winter is bearing …
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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.
