Less than ten months has passed after the last significant escalation, and once again, affected families in Gaza must begin to rebuild their lives. These communities have now lived through three …
In this report, the ICRC analyses the humanitarian consequences of hostilities in the urban environment and seeks to raise awareness among parties to conflict, especially civilian authorities, of the …
Sexual and gender-based violence is a global issue that affects millions of people, especially women and girls, and can have long-lasting physical, psychological and social consequences. However, …
Godiya lives at an internally displaced peoples camp in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria since 2014 after her community in Madagali was affected by armed conflict. According to Godiya, "It has been …
Riak is a father of 10 children living in a camp designated for internally displaced people in Bentiu, Unity State. Being a breadwinner, Riak has been struggling for years to support three families – …
South Sudan has been grappling with protracted conflict and violence, often impacting many people’s lives. Many communities struggle to build resilience by accessing primary health care, food, and …
25-05-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Vital surgical supplies donated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are now being distributed to seven hospitals in Khartoum. The medical supplies …
This evaluation focused on the achievement of the strategy for Analysis & Evidence, as part of the ICRC's economic security programme. The evaluation found that the strategy had been well achieved, …
(Cairo - ICRC) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s oldest institutions of Islamic teaching, held a seminar on the “Principles of the …
25-05-2023 Juba (ICRC) – The ICRC welcomes the ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions by the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly in May. The institution also stands …
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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.
