… is very important as we actively participate in patients’ treatment. Following the triage … system, we categorize patients based on their health conditions so that those who need … home. At the outset of the pandemic, we were scared because of the virus spread. But we have …
… Remarks to Signing and Ratification Ceremony of the Treaty on … the immediate and long-term effects on human health, as well as on societies, health-care systems, the environment, and the planet …
… 20-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … their safe return and providing the necessary care at this critical moment is a great … well as support for essential services like health care, water and sanitation, and …
… to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed … of IHL. Yet today, violence against health-care personnel, facilities and transports is …
… Burkina Faso has been experiencing a humanitarian … What little water they do have, they ration carefully. Hygiene and sanitation are … women. Samuel TURPIN/ICRC Q: What is the health care situation in rural areas? …
… the effects of armed conflict on children, in particular the recruitment and use of … worked with NSAGs in the framework of the "Health Care in Danger" project. Violence against …
… "What I am going to do without any money or anything else" … a coma. When I woke up, I was in intensive care. My brother said: 'What I am going to do … ICRC carried out activities in the areas of health, economic security and water and …
… action on behalf of the separated, the missing and the deceased, but also the overall … insights in other areas such as migration, health care in danger, addressing sexual violence, …
… session, Sixth Committee, Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, … of the law. In addition, the resolution on health care in danger calls on States to adopt and …
… The latest newsletter from the ICRC delegation in Pakistan features a variety of articles, … of people with disabilities, and our work in Health Care in Danger. In conversation with Doctor …
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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.
