Three unrelated women recently joined hands in support of fighting-affected families in Putao, in the far north of Myanmar's Kachin state. The way these women from the Red Cross Movement lent support …
The ICRC is helping promote international humanitarian law (IHL) among the Malian armed forces, international forces operating in the country and other arms bearers. General Mahamane Touré is Chief …
Drug addiction, armed violence and threats... life for young people in Medellin can be tough. The Colombian Red Cross and the ICRC have created "education brigades" in which youngsters acquire new …
Taher, Luay Al Zarou and Ayoub Idris performed live in front of a cheering crowd in a youth art competition, held by the ICRC and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Hebron. Their winning rap …
There have been more clashes in the north of the country recently, and the plight of tens of thousands of people continues to alarm the ICRC. The organization is helping local communities to survive …
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no distinction between victims. Our only priority is to provide emergency aid to those in …
In 2014, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued working to protect and assist people affected by decades of non-international armed conflict and other situations of violence. …
11-03-2015 Geneva / Bogotá (ICRC) – Colombians are still suffering the consequences of the conflict and other major violence on a daily basis. That was the message from the ICRC's delegation in …
"Please, pray for me so I can recover soon. I have just started my final exam." These were the only words Hafiza Shikder Kuntala could whisper lying on her bed at the Burns Unit of Dhaka Medical …
The love for football unites people across the world. While the physical benefits are obvious, the psychological value is often overlooked, though it is particularly important for people living in …
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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.
