In an emergency, giving people money is often the best way to help them. So long as people have access to markets that are functioning, cash enables them to make their own decisions about what they …
… Yemen. “Many farmers had to leave their jobs and look for other jobs, as cultivating the land is no longer …
… for his family, he has been doing small jobs that earn him only around 70 AFN ($0.8) a … 2021, nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs and nearly 90 per cent of the employed …
… for his family, he has been doing small jobs that earn him only around 70 AFN ($0.8) a … 2021, nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs and nearly 90 per cent of the employed …
… left Balkh province because of the dearth of jobs in the area. In Kabul now, he scours the … Like many other people who lost their jobs, Mohammad Reza attempted to start a small … food or wander about the city looking for jobs. Even if they find work, the hours are …
Under the Myanmar Community Support Project (MCSP), the World Bank will continue to fund ICRC’s interventions to help vulnerable, violence-affected communities in Myanmar. Latest update September …
In Mali, people’s lives continue to be heavily impacted by the conflict there. Back in September, Martin Schüepp, the new director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
" Nasaan ang anak ko? (Where is my daughter)," asked Anne* looking straight at Jennifer*, who was introduced to her by a staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Smiling, …
People who had fled the violence in the province of Tanganyika returned to their land in 2019 and 2021. Since their return, they had been trying to get back to their normal way of life, including …
… siblings had to stop their education and find jobs instead,’’ saidAfaf, an 11-year-old girl …
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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.
