For many people, the death of a loved one is marked by grief and certainty. Condolences are shared by relatives and friends, burial rites are held, and the remains are moved to a grave, providing …
The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who, in 1912, proposed the creation of an international fund to support the peacetime activities of National Red Cross and Red …
… 4 When the violence broke out, we lost our jobs, we lost everything. Now I have to borrow … for people to rebuild their lives, hold down jobs or break out of cycles of violence. S. …
… and community awareness, while creating green jobs. Its innovation lies in linking …
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement responds to the COVID-19 crisis. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest humanitarian network, has been supporting national …
This story is about the coexistence of hope and despair, dreams and reality, children and the conflict. And who better to tell it than the children themselves? Here's Satenik, one of the kids who …
Monsoon rains, coupled with high winds and heavy rain from Cyclone Komen, caused devastating floods and landslides in several parts of Myanmar in July 2015. Together with the Myanmar Red Cross …
… are looking for is nothing out of this world: jobs for the adults, schools for the children … This can not happen without education, jobs and security, not just for the migrants …
… • Around the region, tension over access to jobs and social services are rising for …
Addressing Violence Against Health Care in Peshawar, a research report compiled by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, …
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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.
