… Maintenance of international peace and security: … standards and provides blast trauma care training for health personnel and first responders during …
… and other situations of violence worldwide. In 2021, much of our response focused on … of conflict and violence. We supported health-care facilities to ensure access to critical …
… 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 …
… Libya continues to grapple with the consequences of the … the country's basic infrastructure, including healthcare, education, water, and sanitation. In …
… Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prisons … to adequate food, sanitation and medical care. We also try to ensure they can maintain … which in turn leads to severe security and health risks for detainees and staff. Many …
… was the Spanish flu of 1918, which reportedly infected 500 million people—one-third of the … 2021). It took the lives of many frontline health workers, destroyed economies, and … disinfectant wipes and rubber gloves. Healthcare staff in the above-mentioned places of …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … The ICRC delegation also works with healthcare providers to help them enhance their …
… Harnisch, head of the ICRC delegation in the country. Download the full report … of the biggest problems is gaining access to health care. Armed violence: Beyond the conflict In …
… from ICRC's Director of Operations Dominik Stillhart Geneva (ICRC) – Due to a series … detainees, mine victims, and those in need of health care in Sana'a, Aden, Taiz, Saada and Hodeida. …
… An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in … hygiene procedures to maintain a clean and healthy environment. To better supervise, … I could not believe it at first. Who takes care of detainees to train them? In my …
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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.
