… An ICRC photo exhibition has given Russian MPs a unique look at 200 years of war … of the ICRC, news agency TASS and the Russian Central Museum of Contemporary … in the State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation, with support from the …
The Use of Weapons in Modern Conflicts: Humanitarian Aspects conference was recently held in St Petersburg, and co-organised by the ICRC and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Member Nations of …
… Displaced Ukrainian children in southern Russia have received back-to-school kits from … displaced from eastern Ukraine to southern Russia. For their parents, this means … can barely afford. Working closely with the Russian Red Cross and local authorities, the …
… During the opening ceremony, the Russian version of the 2015 ICRC Report …
… flowing out of the East of Ukraine into Russia due to the ongoing conflict . Many of … these refugees settled down in the South of Russia. For the past three years, the ICRC, … together with local authorities and the local Russian Red Cross branches, offered assistance …
… conference held recently in St Petersburg, Russia. Marking 70 years since the end of the … organized by the ICRC jointly with the Russian Association of International Law and … correspondents and legal practitioners from Russia, eastern Europe, Central Asia and …
… – As the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, the use of …
… the International Armed Conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine can help. To … Red Cross Society at 0 800 332 656. In Russia, you can contact the Russian Red Cross for questions about …
Mental health is key to our overall health. Islam Alaraj, who heads up the ICRC's mental health and psychosocial work in Ukraine, explains the importance of mental health support in the country. We …
27-02-2015 Geneva / Kiev / Moscow (ICRC) – ICRC President Peter Maurer today completed high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, in which he focused on the severe humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine …
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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.
