Gaza (ICRC) – The 60-bed Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza is nearly at full capacity following repeated mass casualty events. They include the attack in Al-Mawasi on Saturday that …
—ICRC holds session at the Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia On July 16, the 3rd Conference of Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia was held in Beijing. The ICRC held a session on …
18-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time when international tensions are rising, the number and scale of armed conflicts are increasing, and many states face acute security concerns, the role of …
19-07-2024 Kyiv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed the repair of two dams that will ensure water supply to more than 70,000 people in northeast Ukraine last …
Geneva (ICRC) -- Present in the region since 1967, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) considers the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, which constitute …
In a year beset with overlapping crises and humanitarian needs of unprecedented scale, the ICRC’s mandate and mission remained as relevant as ever. An operating environment of vast humanitarian needs …
For years, the Mirwais Regional Hospital (MRH) in Kandahar grappled with unreliable electricity supply, significantly hindering its ability to function as a critical health care hub for over a …
Data management and analytics Overall responsibility The Data & Analytics Manager 1 supports and monitors data management processes within the Environment & Climate Change Department to enable …
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Human resources The ICRC is a neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian organization that seeks to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict and other …
MSSC, Makati Open-ended Finance and administration The responsibilities of the CTR Cluster Lead are to ensure the sector’s accounting activities and information are correctly organized and detailed …
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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.
