By Simonetta Sommaruga and Peter Maurer* Their bright colours attract children, arousing their curiosity. And it is children who often trigger their explosion, losing an arm, a leg or their lives. …
People help rescue a child during the floods in Sana'a city. Ali ALSONAIDAR A man puts together stones to prevent water from entering his house. Ali ALSONAIDAR People check the extent of flood damage …
By working party on public international law (COJUR) The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to promoting respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) as part of its wider commitment, laid …
The ICRC Is pleased to announce the 2020 academic prize for best published work on IHL in the continent. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PRIZE 2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
I changed from someone receiving aid to someone who began to support her family and help her neighbours too. — Maryam The war in Syria began nine years ago and caused deaths in the hundreds of …
Cox's Bazar – Having provided medical care to over 100,000 patients across Cox's Bazar over the past year, the renovated emergency department of Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital marked its first …
For 30 years now, Felix Soal has dedicated his life to patient care at the Mendi General Hospital in Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. During his long career in health care, Soal has seen many …
Maribel Ramírez has worked as an emergency room nurse at Domingo Luciani hospital for nine years and has never felt such a strong conviction to help save lives as she does now. "As health care …
COVID-19 stigmatization: People needing health care find it harder than ever to access health services Violence against people associated with COVID-19 has risen dramatically in various countries …
In June 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued to support national authorities, health-care facilities, places of detention and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to respond …
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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.
