… to December 2024 The ICRC has been conducting its humanitarian operations in Ethiopia … Oromia and Tigray. In 2024, assisting health facilities that treated individuals … 756,900 persons provided with curative care and free hospital services. 7,500 …
… to UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting: Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and … Even in today's ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , health-care facilities have been targeted by …
… 10-07-2015 Geneva/Juba - The International Committee of the Red Cross … arrived at the hospital in need of medical care. Given the generalized sense of … the fighting are also left with minimal health services. Kodok Hospital normally …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … livelihood assistance and access to improved health-care services including mental health support. …
… For decades, some communities in Myanmar have had to live alongside the … food insecurity, no access to clean water and health care, and other basic necessities. Added to …
… Report drawn up by the Advisory Service on international humanitarian law of the … in particular on the quality and scope of the health and medical system in the country in … objectives — more clearly defined and more carefully selected — were to be made the …
… Tripoli (ICRC) - The humanitarian situation in and around Tripoli has deteriorated sharply … crucial that hospitals, medical facilities, health staff and vehicles transporting the … we couldn’t stand it anymore. We were scared that our home would be hit by a shell, …
… or other factors. If you’re a survivor looking for information, or wanting to provide … help from other local agencies in your area: Health support Important health care is given in the first 72 hours after a …
… public awareness campaign entitled PehlayZindagi: Give Way to Ambulances – Give Way to … The campaign draws attention to an important health-care issue in Pakistan as part of the wider …
… 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 …
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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.
