… Priority number one: clean, safe drinking water. That was the scenario for a course run … war and natural disaster. Providing drinking water improves health, saves lives and creates … while without food or a roof, but not without water. Maintaining or restoring water supplies …
… 7 February, a reconstructed solar-powered water supply system was inaugurated at Lainya … Paul Abbas - State Minister for Housing, water and physical infrastructure and Florence … newly drilled boreholes, equipped with solar water pumps. It covers eight neighborhoods of …
… several projects for the improvement of water infrastructure. These projects – aimed … implemented in collaboration with the Bekaa Water Establishment (BWE) and municipalities. …
… the municipal authorities to repair Gaza's water and sanitation services and its …
… the Middle East, people are suffering from water shortages. The rising violence of the … years and record-low rainfall have made clean water increasingly difficult to come by – … this year," said Michael Talhami, water and habitat programmes coordinator at the ICRC. …
… 7 February, a reconstructed solar-powered water supply system was inaugurated at Lainya … Friedrick Ladu - State Minister for Housing, water and physical infrastructure and Florence … newly drilled boreholes, equipped with solar water pumps. It covers eight neighborhoods of …
… Yemen is a water-scarce country. The protracted conflict and the under-investment in water infrastructure today deprive millions of Yemenis of access to clean and drinkable water. Several underlying causes are …
… to the Third Preparatory Committee of Habitat 3, given by Hugo Slim, Head of Policy … pipes and substations - depriving people of water and electricity for months. Healthcare … meet their needs for essential electricity, water, sewerage and waste management. Without …
… Access to safe drinking water essential for life and health, yet it is … 33 million people in Afghanistan face severe water shortage. This World Water Day, marked … Oviedo Pinto, who heads the ICRC water and habitat program in the country. “With …
… to improve their connection to the public water system. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Alyona Synenko They receive running water once a week and manage to fill a 500 litres tank. The pipe water is so salty it can only be used for …
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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.
