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You need to contact us? For general information about the ICRC, please refer to the Contact page . For questions related to positions in the field, please refere to the page How to apply . For …
Judges, prosecutors, and defence lawyers from around the world have been meeting in a consultation organised by the ICRC's Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law, to discuss key issues on …
19-06-2015 Paris/Geneva (ICRC) - The photojournalist Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi has been chosen by unanimous vote as the winner of the humanitarian Visa d'Or award for her depiction of the trial of 39 …
Syria, Iraq and Burundi are just examples of a growing number of humanitarian crises that have forced millions to flee their homes. Thousands more are displaced from their communities every day. …
Access to an already stressed health-care system in Syria is deteriorating further. Although we were recently able to deliver medical supplies to certain regions, the ICRC is calling on parties to …
Augustin Minani thought he would never see his children again. Fearing for his life after deadly attacks broke out in his neighbourhood in Burundi, the 31-year-old and his wife fled their home. But …
When he's not taking selfies on his mother's phone, nine-year-old Ahmad changes the dressing of his amputated legs and inspects his healing wounds on his own. Four years ago in Idlib, Syria, a mortar …
An estimated 11 million people have been displaced within their own country in the Middle East, and some 3.7 million Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries. The ICRC is working across …
19-06-2015 Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has opened a surgical hospital in the Yemeni city of Aden, as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Aden …
This publication provides a condensed overview of the Safer Access emergency preparedness and development approach, with a focus on the Safer Access Framework. It summarizes the main aspects 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.