Since the beginning of the current crisis in March 2015, the ICRC has provided urgent aid to the most affected population. Today, our priority is to ensure that wounded patients receive timely and …
Aismat Jan, an Afghan boy, sits outside and eats lunch at the ICRC physical rehabilitation centre in Kabul. EPA/Syed Jan Sabawoon A summary of activities carried out by the ICRC in Afghanistan from …
Lubov Vasilievna fled her home town of Pervomaisk for the safety of Severodonetsk. Now she is part of a Red Cross team distributing bread to others who, like her, have had to leave their homes to …
30-04-2015 The town of Birao, with 10,000 residents, is suffering from its remote location in the north of the Central African Republic and receives little aid. In addition to experiencing long gaps …
This meeting forms part of the third phase of consultations of the process and will involve discussions with all States and preparations for the 32nd International Conference. The purpose of the …
30-04-2015 After a month of airstrikes and fighting, Yemen's health system is struggling to cope and there are severe shortages of essential items especially food and fuel. Import restrictions have …
The town of Birao, with 10,000 residents, is suffering from its remote location in the north of the country and receives little aid. We are helping the community towards food self-sufficiency through …
2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 27 April to 22 May 2015, Statement of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is …
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The security and humanitarian situation in Cameroon's Far North Province has deteriorated. Ahead of the significant aid operations planned with the ICRC, the Cameroon Red Cross Society's priority is …
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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.
