"This is not a job to make money. It's just a way to help" Story by Nadera Zohra Bouazza Famata Hassan has a tragic relationship with childbirth. Her daughter was pregnant when she was forced to flee …
Abdulkareem Haruna: Reporting for the past 20 years at Premium Times Newspaper I never envisaged that this would happen in Nigeria. I have covered politics and domestic crime and other related issues …
When he told me that he had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, I felt as if my soul had been ripped apart. It’s been over two years since Champa's husband was detained in the Stung Treng prison, …
An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Every detained person needs water in sufficient …
… as opportunities for social reintegration and jobs remain limited. "The disabled population …
Gérard is 13 years old. He was separated from his parents and then his brother when a wave of violence swept through Burundi in April 2015. He is now a refugee in Rwanda. I used sit alone and wonder …
… require further support, as they do not have jobs or any other source of income to make a … in the city of Pemba, he would do small jobs such as transporting sand for sale. He …
… treating those most in need. Some quit their jobs, out of fear or exhaustion. 2021 was the … wounded. Health-care workers often quit their jobs and leave badly affected areas as soon as …
… over 200 members have already lost their jobs due to the pandemic. However, keke …
… by this project, since al-Omari gave them jobs there. “We sell hot drinks and corn on …
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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.
