This Evaluation was commissioned by the ICRC’s Evaluation office and the Operational Thematic Unit. The Evaluation aimed to generate evidence and understanding of the enabling factors and barriers to …
What are the main obstacles and challenges to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and men? This question is explored in the new report " Study on Access to …
The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay is based in Brasilia, with offices in Boa Vista (Roraima), Fortaleza …
Statement of Christine Beerli, ICRC Vice-President at the 17th edition Bruges Colloquium , 20 -21 october 2016 Terrorism is a scourge to which the international community has been striving to respond …
Our Code of Conduct reflects our commitment to meet fundamental principles and rules concerning ethical conduct in all our organizational activities. It is about operational excellence with integrity …
… such as education and health, and to jobs that provide a dignified livelihood. …
The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine affects millions of people and the recent increase in military operations - as well as the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam - are …
… society growing: education for its children, jobs for its adults, security for its most …
In 2018, the ICRC continued to address the needs of vulnerable groups and individuals in Ethiopia by partnering with national bodies in order to do so as effectively as possible. We visited over …
… which is a drop-in centre for unemployed jobseekers. Normally has around 10 people in … fast. Just another quick example accessing jobs and livelihoods. That is core to the … promoting economic opportunities, decent jobs and entrepreneur programs for refugees …
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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.
