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 …
11-03-2015 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The Southern Highlands Provincial Government, the Provincial Health Authority and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a memorandum of …
Rape and other forms of sexual violence cause physical and psychological harm to their victims (women, girls, men and boys) and have a direct impact on their families and communities. Rape and other …
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. …
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no distinction between victims. Our only priority is to provide emergency aid to those in …
Liliana was fatally wounded when fighting broke out a few metres from her house In Tacueyo, North Cauca. As always in this type of incident, the ICRC reminds weapon bearers that they must distinguish …
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 …
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 …
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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.
