For 30 years, Iakob Buadze’s life revolved around one goal – to find his brother, Merab, who had disappeared after joining the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the spring of 1993. A resident of …
"How can we leave, when we have nowhere to go?" Édinson picked up an explosive device by mistake. The explosion not only blew off his hand, it also led to the displacement of his whole family. "My …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched a new cash-for-work project in Gulbahar, Afghanistan, which saw 203 workers from the most vulnerable households receive work for a month …
Yasser Abdul Aziz holds his four-year-old Ahmad near the window to help with him breathe during a power cut on a very hot day in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Ahmad and his brothers, Usama and …
Before the war, Abu Ammar transported fruits and vegetables in his vehicle. The bustling Eastern Ghouta was the main agricultural supplier to the markets in Damascus. Years of fighting choked the …
For Syrian refugees living in Jordan life is a daily struggle. Humanitarian assistance makes their lives a little easier, but life is a constant mix of fear, anxiety and hope for a better future. …
… psychosocial support, and formal or informal jobs. "Ahead of the International Donors' …
In a small rural village near Beletweyne, Somalia, families rely on a cooperative project to grow and harvest sorghum and sesame through the use of community-owned farm equipment. Sharing such vital …
Gorlovka, Victoria Ostrovskaya's hometown, was one of the main industrial centres in eastern Ukraine. But with the sudden outbreak of conflict in the country in April 2014, the inhabitants of …
… The women cook, and the men deliver. We need jobs to get our men off the streets and away …
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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.
