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Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00141 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Collapsible Jerrycans 10L & 20L

Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a joint ICRC/IOM Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00141) to establish a new …

Article

Afghanistan: A health-care system on life support

… infrastructure projects including in the health sector. It led to the immediate … prevent the collapse of the secondary-health-care system, the International Committee of … often travel several hours, sometimes along dangerous roads in areas that are still …

Article

Six Months of Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict - The response of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

… 14 Health and care … 29 Health-care systems are buckling under the pressure … or going back to uncertainty and potential danger. More than 13 million people have fled …

Report

Annual Report 2021

… of conflict and violence. We supported health-care facilities to ensure access to critical … ACERWC and other pertinent AU bodies on the dangers and difficulties that children face …

Report

What is international humanitarian law?

… nineteenth century, The rules of IHL strike a careful balance between humanitarian concerns … and works and installations containing dangerous forces (namely dams, dykes and … bodies of law strive to protect the lives, health and dignity of individuals. However, …

Law and policy topic

The Safer Access programme: Good practice in Brazil showcased at the World Urban Forum

… essential service providers, such as those in health care, education and social care, to reduce and … implementing the programme has allowed real dangers to be correctly identified and how …

News release

Myanmar: Raising awareness of landmine risks, minimizing threat to lives

… food insecurity, no access to clean water and health care, and other basic necessities. Added to … hazards continue to pose life-threatening danger to the people. In Rakhine State, women, …

Law and policy topic

The 1st World Conference on Health in Detention

… Switzerland PROGRAMME Statement of Purpose Health in detention is public health. Health authorities, senior management, healthcare and safety workers, academics and … detention Special Session 1.5. Health care in Danger in detention – legal and practical …

Event

South Sudan: Attacks on healthcare facilities putting communities at risk

… medicines and medical equipment in a Primary Healthcare Center (PHCC) supported by the ICRC. "We stayed in places inhabited by dangerous animals. Snakes bit some people and …

Law and policy topic

How humanitarian corridors work to help people in conflict zones

… are organized, the ICRC's role in it, and the dangers, among other frequently asked … northwest of Syria. The wounded were taken to health care centres, while a mix of local …

Law and policy topic

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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.

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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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.