In Nigeria there are at least 800 women dying in every 100,000 live births. The situation is worse in the conflict-affected North East region where, according to the World Health Organization , over …
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, called on parties to the conflict to show humanity as fighting intensifies in northern Ethiopia, deepening the …
What risks do humanitarians face in cyberspace? What are the strategic implications of working in cyberspace? What steps can they take to mitigate these risks? Building on the eighth Digital Dilemmas …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized the national rounds of the Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) from 21 to 23 September 2021. …
Despite the pandemic and other setbacks, the doors of the Guillermina Rickel nursery school remain open to its young pupils. Waiting to greet them is Tamara Cárdenas, an employee at the school, and …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns today's violent behaviour against our staff in the West Bank. ICRC staff were attacked with pepper spray by Israeli settlers during a …
For Palestinians, the olive harvest is not only an agricultural season but rather a tradition that their ancestors have kept for decades. During the olive harvest season, Palestinian families gather …
Terrorism has become a global phenomenon of growing concern to all as it is increasingly witnessed in both conflict situations and during peacetime. Acts of terrorism are often perpetrated against …
Mental health professionals in Lanao del Sur are learning how to better recognize and identify mental health cases. Mental health is just as important as physical health , and yet there is a huge gap …
25-10-2021 A statement from Dominik Stillhart, director of operations for the ICRC, on the severe hunger needs in many of the countries the ICRC works in. Families in many countries around the world …
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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.
