Growing up, Nazanin Haidary, now a 25-year-old, resented any attention being drawn to her hand which was deformed since birth. She neither wanted to answer any questions about why her hand was the …
Dubai, 06 July 2022 – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer and The UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, H.E. Reem Al Hashemy, have signed …
If you are passionate about fact checking, changing the victimization of the 'other' in far-flung war zones, the safety of journalists risking it all to spotlight humanitarian crises, and the many …
Three nurses in Sabah, Malaysia, share stories of how they became humanitarian workers. Although they no longer work in health-care facilities, they are still committed to promoting health …
29-07-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is aware of reports concerning an attack on a facility where prisoners of war (PoWs) were being held, along with other people …
Aghmad Gamieldien from Mzanzi Organics explains to the ICRC staff Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics (a small-scale pocket farming organization) teaches ICRC staff and members of …
29-07-2022 (New York) – The rising costs of food staples in armed conflict-affected countries and the dramatic decline of livelihoods for the people of Ukraine were priority topics during a …
ICRC statement on International Law in the Third Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. Ambassador Gafoor, …
Rescue operations entail a number of known and unknown risks. Therefore, it is imperative to equip emergency responders with the right technical and analytical skills along with protective equipment …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in partnership with the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), will organize the 13th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition, Bangladesh …
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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.
