Nigeria: Facts and figures, 2015
… million people and left 7 million in need of humanitarian aid in the four north-eastern … 1,660 requests to trace missing relatives. International humanitarian law Over 3,000 army personnel , including …
Skip to main content
Search results
Syria conflict: Siege and suffering
… besieged towns. Now, my organisation, the International Committee of the Red Cross … if not hundreds, of places in Syria where humanitarian assistance is desperately needed. … should respect "international humanitarian law" - I mean respect civilians, do not attack …
Afghanistan: Thousands received life-saving assistance in 2015
… Held an orientation session about the International Red Cross/Red Crescent … Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) • Conducted briefings on IHL for …
Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
… together with the Research Society of International Law Pakistan, a study was undertaken to review … Movement have been working on this crucial humanitarian issue in countries as different as …
Working for the ICRC: armed and security forces delegate
… et de sécurité") are at the heart of our humanitarian action. They maintain dialogue … security conditions. Compliance with the law of war and the essential elements of international human rights law is another …
Palestinian hunger striker in critical state
… 28-01-2016 Jerusalem: The International Committee of the Red Cross … dialogue with the Israeli authorities on humanitarian issues of concern. Mr. Qiq has … obligation under International Humanitarian Law to ensure that the rights and physical and …
Restoring Family Links code of conduct on data protection
… of the ICRC, National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … rules, and in particular with European Union law. As recalled in Restoring Family Links … Crescent Movement The Movement is a worldwide humanitarian movement whose mission is “to …
The ICRC Data Protection Commission
… He is currently a partner at Page & Partners law firm, which he founded, specialising in … systems, data protection, e-commerce and international sales contracts. In addition. … Protection The Handbook on data protection in humanitarian action A1758 RULES OF PROCEDURE …
Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
… the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and the International Committee of the Red Cross … the relationship between data protection law and humanitarian action. The provision of services …
ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015
… confl ict will remain at the heart of ICRC's humanitarian operations in 2016. t organized … and at times deliberately targeted. the international humanitarian law with the ultimate aim of more than 4,000 …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.