In collaboration with an academic institution in Greece Marcel Junod was a Swiss doctor and one of the most well-known ICRC delegates. In 1935, Junod decides to join ICRC's humanitarian mission in …
Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was designed by the International …
The public archives of the ICRC for the period 1966-1975 will be open to the public from 15 June 2015. The archives cover a number of important historical events including the Nigeria-Biafra War …
The catalogue presents a comprehensive list of publications and films available in Arabic. Each entry is in Arabic and English and gives the publication or film's reference number and website link. …
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International Conference - Dambulla, Sri Lanka, 4-6 September 2019 From 4 to 6 September 2019, over 120 participants from around the world gathered in the historic town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka, for an …
The ICRC commissioned this assessment in 2019 to analyse the capacity and capability of the organisation to implement evaluations. The assessment looked at the practice and culture of evaluation, and …
The records produced by ICRC services, secretariats and departments in Geneva have an index number starting with the letter B. Particular attention should be drawn to the records pertaining to …
Since 2019, the World Bank and ICRC have partnered to expand access to health care for conflict-affected and hard-to-reach communities in the states of Upper Nile and Jonglei. In the early morning …
Armed conflicts can have a devastating impact on the environment, and the environmental consequences of conflict in turn threaten people's health and livelihoods. States met to discuss in 2023. …
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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.
