María. Inside since 14 April 2014. "My youngest son doesn't even know I'm in here. I try to be strong when we talk on the phone, but I can hardly speak. It's a very difficult situation for a mother." …
"I want to let others know that disabled people can play sports too." Pring Thorn was born with one-sided polio. She cannot walk without help, and has spent her life feeling isolated and alone. But …
The work of the ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent in the water crisis in Aleppo. Spread the word! Share on Twitter , Facebook , Google+ and LinkedIn Water is the biggest challenge in the …
02-09-2015 Geneva / Sana'a (ICRC) – Two staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been shot and killed in Yemen. They were travelling with colleagues in a convoy …
02-09-2015 Geneva / Damascus – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the civilian population in the city of Aleppo is undergoing enormous suffering because of deliberate cuts to …
03-09-2015 Kathmandu (ICRC/Nepal Red Cross Society) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nepal Red Cross Society and National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal …
Kathmandu (ICRC/Nepal Red Cross Society) – Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have expressed serious concern over the growing incidents of …
Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has assisted in the transfer of 13 Sudanese Armed Forces personnel, three Policemen and two civilians released by the …
The ICRC is currently airdropping and distributing food rations in Toch, South Sudan, a remote area in Jonglei state – accessible only by boat or aircraft – where 1,500 of the 3,500 families …
A meeting on water and infrastructure issues in Cambodian prisons, jointly run by the ICRC and the General Department of Prisons, brought together representatives from the General Department of …
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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.
