Ministerial Side Meeting on Paris Principles and Paris Commitments, United Nations General Assembly, New York, 29 Septembre 2009. Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues, …
In Garrisa county, Northern Kenya, Khadija Shalle's option of career isn't very common among girls, but out of her love for the job, she took it as a challenge and hopes to pave the way for others. …
A statement from Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations for the ICRC. "People living in eastern Ukraine know something that many others in the world have forgotten: There is an ongoing, active …
On a bright and sunny Friday afternoon at the Moin Khan Sports Academy in Karachi two teams lined up on the cricket pitch for the final face-off of the National Physical Disability Cricket Twenty20 …
In 2018, the ICRC published “Towards Humane Prisons: a principled and participatory approach to prison planning and design” to describe the key humanitarian elements to consider when building new …
In 2018, the ICRC published “Towards Humane Prisons: a principled and participatory approach to prison planning and design” to describe the key humanitarian elements to consider when building new …
In 2018, the ICRC published “Towards Humane Prisons: a principled and participatory approach to prison planning and design” to describe the key humanitarian elements to consider when building new …
In 2018, the ICRC published “Towards Humane Prisons: a principled and participatory approach to prison planning and design” to describe the key humanitarian elements to consider when building new …
This document presents a set of principles to guide interaction between families and a broad range of stakeholders, including states and their various organs, international and non-governmental …
Digital identities are sometimes praised as a way of “making the invisible visible”. In humanitarian work, this has often meant giving people a way to prove who they are, so that they can receive …
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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.
