For many years, prisons in Bangladesh have been working to improve detention conditions, ensure humane treatment and implement changes that have a positive impact on detainees and the society at …
In 2024, Myanmar saw escalating conflict and violence, which exacerbated the already deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the country. Many communities continued to face significant challenges, …
14-01-2025 On 17 December 2024 , in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in Central Asia , the …
The escalation in the conflict has turned Khartoum and Al Jazeera states in Sudan into relentless battlegrounds, forcing countless families to flee their homes and villages to neighbouring states. …
12-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday for a visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian …
The year 2024 was intense, and was punctuated by milestones that strengthened the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional delegation for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, …
First Aid in an emergency is the initial essential assistance provided in an emergency in order to preserve life, prevent further injury or illness and alleviate suffering, thereby contributing to …
08-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — President Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), concluded a visit to Ankara on Tuesday. Her trip to Türkiye, which immediately …
Humanitarian crises are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide, with the devastating effects of violence, armed conflict and natural disasters leaving many hopeless, helpless and overwhelmed. …
The work of the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency Bureau In times of armed conflict, people all too often get separated in the chaos of fighting, displacement and the struggle for survival. For families, …
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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.
