… Nineteen months since the devastating violence … charitable organization and Ministry of Health and their Forensics Department, as well … humane treatment, access to adequate health care, ability to re-establish contact with …
… rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging … us." The ICRC is enabling access to medical care by affected people through our support to health centres and the MRCS mobile clinic. Our …
… Photographs by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, winner of the 14th ICRC … face major obstacles to access the maternal health care they need. In a country racked by …
… In Azerbaijan, the devastating impact of … survivors. Despite these ongoing efforts, the dangers of mines remain a persistent issue, … We also facilitated training in blast trauma care for 77 experts from both ANAMA and the …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … use tools – including AI-DSS. Indeed, the careful use of AI-based systems may facilitate … humanitarian considerations related to age, health, and other individual circumstances – …
… Two years have passed since the eruption of conflict in Sudan on 15 … safe removal of 300 orphans and 70 of their caretakers from combat zones in mid-2023 — … violence is widespread. The collapse of health care An estimated 70–80 per cent of …
… 10-04-2025 Port Sudan (ICRC) —Today the International Committee of the Red Cross … they only begin to 300 orphans and 70 caretakers were evacuated capture the immense … of humanitarian Ahmed Omer /ICRC BROKEN HEALTHCARE An estimated 70-80% of health …
… Is the principle that "Even Wars Have Limits" … WOUNDED ENEMY SOLDIERS WERE TREATED AND CARED FOR When Fulani warriors captured … causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is …
… Life in Haiti is becoming increasingly precarious. … everything is in short supply: medical care, drinking water, food and even basic … been targeted. Already in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that fewer …
… Each year, the ICRC in Iraq publishes a snapshot of its activities … 64,466 Detainees have improved access to health care following the technical support and …
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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.
