Every day, ICRC staff see sexual violence in the places where we are striving to make a difference. We witness the effects of this silent crime on individuals, families and communities. Over the next …
Statement The ICRC would like to briefly take stock of some of what has been achieved since the creation of the mandate and to point to major shortcomings in our collective response for the …
Statement The ICRC would like to draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the specific forms of violence to which women and girls may be subjected during armed conflict or in other …
Statement 26th session, Human Rights Council The International Committee of the Red Cross presents its compliments to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and thanks her for her oral …
Abdallah and his family fled Syria due to the armed conflict in their hometown Qousseir. They entered Lebanon with nothing, not even their official documents, which turned out to be an obstacle on …
How can we prevent sexual violence in situations of conflict and violence and help the victims when it does occur? Angela Veale, psychology lecturer at University College Cork in Ireland, examines …
Health Care in Danger, an ambitious project of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, was on the agenda of the 2013 Council of Delegates that took place in Sydney, Australia. During a dedicated …
A summary of the ICRC's activities in Eritrea between January and December 2013. FACTS & FIGURES ERITREA January - December 2013 In 1998, the ICRC opened its office in Eritrea and worked throughout …
Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team have only been playing together for four years and became a national team just a year ago. Despite this fact, there seem to be no limits to the players’ …
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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.
