… hostilities between Gaza and Israel broke out in May and lasted for 11 days. The ICRC has … during this difficult time. Supporting health facilities is our key priority, and … the awareness of over 750,000 persons on the dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXO). 1,000 …
… 28-05-2021 Fearing another eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano … require support to ensure continuity of care, particularly in primary health centers. At Ndosho hospital, the ICRC …
… HL Side Event on Protection of Health Care: Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. …
… Council open debate, protection of civilians in armed conflict: Speech given by Mr Peter … us, that the pandemic has not solely been a health crisis: it has intensified existing … kept apart, shuttered schools, routine health care and vaccinations halted. We have seen the …
… International humanitarian law (IHL) – also … SERVICE ON IHL RESPECTING AND PROTECTING HEALTH CARE IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND IN SITUATIONS NOT …
… 19-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – In an ideal world, health-care workers who risk their lives to save …
… 11-05-2021 Statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, Regional … it is critical that people can access the health care and treatment they need, and we reiterate …
… 03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered … thousands of attacks on health-care systems in the roughly five years since the UN …
… compatibility study) that cover some of the main challenges related to the protection of health care during armed conflict and other …
… also just to feel it. The custom requires crying over the body of the deceased, dressing it … to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of the DR Congo, 894 cases of infection … Stopping the spread of the virus requires careful handling of the bodies of people …
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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.
