The humanitarian situation continues to get worse in the Liptako-Gourma region, which spans the Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso border area. According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people …
Prisons and other places of detention are enclosed environments where people (including staff) live in close proximity. Every country has a responsibility to increase their level of preparedness, …
Pastureland is disappearing fast due to climate change in the area surrounding Lake Chad, from Fouli to Kouloudia, Wayi and Mamdi. Livestock are dying off, and herders in the region are …
On 22 June 2020, the ICRC regional delegation for Indonesia and Timor Leste donated face shields, medical gloves and masks, contactless thermometers and posters on hygiene guidance to Pesantren …
Ouagadougou (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed at the erosion of respect for international humanitarian law in Burkina Faso over the last few months. The …
This report lays out the extensive discussions and conclusions of a workshop co-organised in Cyprus in October 2019 by the ICRC and the Commission on Missing Persons in Cyprus. It contains …
Humanity in Action provides an at-a-glance guide to how we helped and protected victims of armed conflict and other violence in 2019. It provides facts and figures on our programmes around the world …
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent an increasing global challenge. A majority of NCD-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where numerous humanitarian crises are currently …
Access to physical rehabilitation services is essential for ensuring that people with physical disabilities participate fully in society. Regaining mobility is an important step towards having the …
A peer-based intervention is a consultative and participatory process in which a group of people selected from a specific population – in this case, people deprived of their liberty – express their …
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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.
