… an overwhelming daily struggle to survive the dangers of hostilities, cope with relentless … to continue providing much-needed medical care to patients. The deterioration of the … by repeated attacks impacting the work of healthcare facilities and medical personnel. …
… insights in other areas such as migration, health care in danger, addressing sexual violence, torture …
… hours queuing for water. The trip can be dangerous. Women and girls are usually the … 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 immediate and long-term effects on human health, as well as on societies, health-care systems, the environment, and the planet … a new nuclear arms race, show the inherent dangers of this presumed "balance". Not since …
… safe removal of 300 orphans and 70 of their caretakers from combat zones in mid-2023 — … violence is widespread. The collapse of health care An estimated 70–80 per cent of … aid across the country — even in the most dangerous conditions. Since the start of the …
… incidents in which people's access to health care was infringed, mostly in Goma. These … setting up beds in tents. HEALTH CARE IN DANGER It is when fighting breaks out that …
… a coma. When I woke up, I was in intensive care. My brother said: 'What I am going to do … region of Colombia, only to land up in a dangerous, run-down part of Medellín. The ICRC … ICRC carried out activities in the areas of health, economic security and water and …
… food supplies in rural areas of Tigray are dangerously low, as many people lost both … when they fled their homes. Lack of access to health services and lack of security are other … medical services. Supporting primary health care facilities is now an even greater …
… their safe return and providing the necessary care at this critical moment is a great … and in Gaza, ICRC teams had to manage the dangers posed by unexploded ordnance and … well as support for essential services like health care, water and sanitation, and …
… worked with NSAGs in the framework of the "Health Care in Danger" project. Violence against patients and …
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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.
