… 01-06-2020 1 June 2020 - Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … developed with Red Cross and Red Crescent health experts and targeting simultaneously … access to clean water, and supporting health care facilities and workers with training, …
… 28-10-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – After weeks of intense fighting, over two million civilians … can operate in safety. Critical services like health care, water, and electricity must be …
… Active in Kyrgyzstan since 1992, the ICRC works to … reasons, while providing support regarding health-related issues, in particular … organization's standard procedures. Health care For many years, Penal Institution 31 …
… 17-11-2014 Tensions mounted in Bangui again last weekend when … food rations again from the ICRC. Access to health care denied Many sick and wounded people could …
… Statement by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross Secretary … less than adequate water, food, shelter and health services. Millions of children are out … by providing water, food, shelter and health care. And we do so, protected by law and …
… New York, 11 December 2014. Improved coordination mechanisms, the development of … direct attacks on civilians (including health-care personnel), and massive destruction of …
… Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to … extend to water sources, posing a risk to health and agriculture. Reducing risk for … the problem over the long term. Blast trauma care We provide specialized training on blast …
… A country in turmoil, a patriarchal society, a community … “While I am away from home, my motherin-law cares for my children. That allows me to … range from emergency aid like food and health services to helping communities build …
… for Mexico and Central America 2018 will remain in the memory of many as the year in which … migrants' needs do not: dignified treatment, health care, a safe place to stay and protection by …
… 02-07-2025 Gaza (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … hostilities comes as Gaza’s already-decimated healthcare system struggles to absorb a relentless …
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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.
