01-06-2020 1 June 2020 - Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are partnering to launch #AfricaTogether – a digital campaign and two-day festival on 4 and 5 June …
Welcome to our series of short videos explaining International Humanitarian Law, and how it is relevant in Southern Africa. International Humanitarian Law, or IHL, is a set of rules that seek to …
“Since the COVID-19 restrictions were introduced, I have not been able to sell my goat’s milk to the usual buyer. I have tried selling to my neighbors, but they only buy in small quantities. This …
The safety and protection of health care workers and health care infrastructure is paramount during the COVID-19 pandemic . To drive home this message, a community of concerned advocates, …
29-05-2020 Mogadishu (ICRC)—The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply shocked by the killing of eight people in Gololey village in the Balcad district in Hirshabelle. Amongst …
The ICRC supported 1,700 volunteers of South Sudan Red Cross to reach over one million people with health education and hygiene promotion messages in communities across South Sudan. Buom Matthew …
The ICRC is preparing for COVID-19 patients and enhancing the capacity of Mount Hagen Hospital by setting up a dedicated isolation unit. The unit, which includes a delivery room, has a capacity to …
Remarks to Event "Safeguarding Civilians in a Pandemic" hosted by the International Peace Institute during 2020 UN Protection of Civilians Week As-delivered by Laetitia Courtois, the ICRC's Permanent …
About the Online Community for national committees and similar entities on IHL This is the only community enabling direct online exchanges among national committees and similar entities on …
28-05-2020 Geneva, 28 May 2020 – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is appealing for 3.1 billion Swiss francs (3.19 billion US dollars) to urgently scale up its global response to …
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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.
