This edition takes a close look at the current realities in the Sahel – here, encompassing Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. To varying degrees, Sahelians suffer from humanitarian …
Shan State in Myanmar is home to many diverse communities. It is the largest state in the country, bordering China to the north, Laos to the east and Thailand to the south. But for decades, this …
A deepening economic crisis, fueled by decades of conflicts, is affecting the people of Afghanistan on many different levels. In August 2021, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) took control of …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Provision of DNA Analysis Services for Missing …
12-07-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of severe hunger in the coming months as extreme poverty, inequality and food insecurity rise, particularly in parts of Africa …
The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. This extract of a longer report unpacks the avoidance …
Hundreds of thousands of people are missing around the world as a result of armed conflict, other situations of violence, disasters and in the context of migration. In many cases, efforts to address …
07-07-2022 Kalemie (ICRC) – 83 children, aged between five and 19, were reunited with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The children had lost contact with their loved ones …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of Tractor …
Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch a Request for Tender in connection with the following project: Framework Agreement for Purchase of General …
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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.
