… The following is a statement from Dominik Stillhart, the … aid. Municipal workers, teachers, and health staff haven't been paid in five months. … and then die. At the paediatric intensive care unit the International Committee of the …
… Autónoma de México), Mexico City Check against delivery Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer … including food, shelter and medical care, contact with the outside world, or … from accessing basic services such as healthcare and schooling because it is …
… Anti-personnel landmines do not discriminate. Buried in fields, … by cutting them off from safe access to health care, education, and farmland. They delay …
… 16-06-2015 Abuja (ICRC) – Today the International Committee of the Red Cross … displaced people to the dangers faced by health-care workers," said Karl Anton Mattli, head of …
… – Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will … also meet with Israel's foreign minister and health minister alongside the families. The … be treated humanely, have access to medical care, and be able to communicate with their …
… In December 2016, the ICRC launched four … improved access to services at ICRC-supported health facilities. Those unable to reach these … sick and wounded people to suitable medical care by providing financial, material and …
… Perspectives and pledges of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … safety; sexual and gender based violence; health services in crisis. The report also … It is important therefore to always carefully balance these principles, to use …
… Geneva / Damascus / Sana'a / Bamako – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and health workers to care for people in need and alleviate human …
… Red Cross Society, assisted by the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … firewood and bars of soap with which to care for her five-month-old baby and three … sanitation, household items and emergency health care. “When I arrived at this camp, one …
… In Afghanistan, more than half (55%) of the … By offering a wide range of services, from health care and emergency response to the physical …
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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.
