The Nile river is the main source of water in this region. Many people consume untreated water directly from the river. Every year, this leads to the spread of water born-diseases. CC BY-NC-ND / …
Residents of Kilifi County along the coast of Kenya are bearing the agony of watching their cattle and goats die every day. A biting drought for the last six months has led to the deaths of over …
Water tends to be a luxury for mining communities in north-eastern Antioquia, an area where armed groups are active. Drinking water is scarce because effluent from the mining industry has …
A mooter from National Law School of India University (Bangalore) delivers his submission. CC BY-NC-ND / Xinyan LIU / ICRC A mooter from Singapore Management University is making her arguments. CC …
The ICRC works closely with the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (EBF) to promote the social inclusion of persons with disabilities by involving them in a wheelchair basketball game. As part of this …
23-03-2017 Harare (ICRC) – More than 300 mental health patients, practitioners and prison staff at Mlondolozi Prison are benefitting from refurbished facilities that enable a more conducive …
Quezon City Jail, November 2016 Extreme jail congestion in the Philippines contributes to the spread of TB, which is transmitted by air through coughing, sneezing and spitting by an infected person. …
In the year 2016, we developed an economic security program in Bujumbura for the first time. In a pilot project, some 300 female heads of households in precarious situations were assisted to develop …
More flexible physical rehabilitation services allow patients to gain time and save money. For nearly three years, the Myanmar Red Cross has been making a difference in the lives of persons with …
United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading to their Total Elimination. Statement of Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. I am …
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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.
