30,000 people in Donetsk and Lugansk regions received food 10,000 people in Donetsk and Luhansk regions received construction materials, such as cement, bricks, timber and roofing, to help repair …
Queues of several kilometres are common at the Berezovoe checkpoint in Donbas region. Until recently, people waiting to cross the demarcation line were using nearby bushes as toilets, unaware of the …
"I may have a disability, but it's not an inability to play the game I love – cricket," says Shafiqullah Samim, an all-rounder with the Afghanistan Physically Disabled Cricket team. "At the 5-nation …
Mary Allison Cook lost the use of her legs when she was only three years old. But being in a wheelchair has never been a disability for Mary. "I grew up using a wheelchair and not having the use of …
A hospital is more than a building. Its protection is not just about erecting perimeter fences and installing bullet-proof windows. The safety and well-being of personnel, both physical and mental, …
How do you ventilate a patient on the operating table without electricity? What's the difference between a war-wounded patient and one injured in a traffic accident? Dr Obady Kamble, a surgeon in …
Nearly everywhere that the ICRC works, it is alongside ordinary people who commit their energy, passion, and knowledge to strengthen their communities through the toughest of times. These people, …
Violence and conflict cause physical wounds, but they also cause unseen mental wounds. Emotional, psychological and psychosocial suffering of victims is often overlooked, however it can be just as …
In war and conflict, emergency workers witness and experience terrible violence and suffering. Protecting health care and ensuring its effectiveness includes providing appropriate mental health …
Brussels, 21 September - 50 years ago, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement adopted the Fundamental Principles (Neutrality, Independence, Impartiality, Humanity, Universality, Unity, Voluntary …
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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.
