Search results

3625 results found

Report: Family Needs Assessment

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … added from urban sections of Harare and Bulawayo. They were all interviewed individually … hardship by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and championing universal …

Report

Sexual violence in Nigeria – Lives abandoned in the name of survival

… violence in conflict is a violation of international humanitarian law and is therefore a war crime. It is a …

Law and policy topic

The 1st World Conference on Health in Detention

… June 2022 | Time: 08:30 - 17:00 Venue: Centre International de Conférences Genève, Rue de … 16:00 People and their needs at the centre of humanitarian action: The ICRC’s Health Vision … Appleton, Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom …

Event

Niger: Tens of thousands of people helped in Diffa region in 2016

… Niger's Diffa region, the ICRC works with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … visited detainees and promoted international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian values …

Article

Honduras: The displaced

… before taking his life. Keila's brother-in-law went to the forensic examinations and … a consequence of violence. In many cases, the humanitarian response is insufficient, and a … the current context lends itself to passing a law that provides more effective solutions," …

Law and policy topic

Niger: Red Cross activities in April and May 2015

… 2015, the ICRC, the Nigerian Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … restore contact with their families; promoted humanitarian law and values.   For more details in French, …

Article

Mali: Over 20,000 people received aid in the first half of 2018

… in awareness-raising sessions about international humanitarian law. Learn more about  our activities in Mali …

Article

Our work in the Central African Republic between January and June 2017

… We engaged with weapon bearers to promote international humanitarian law, reminding them of their obligation to …

Article

Afghanistan: 2024 Operational facts and figures

… such as healthcare, food and clean water. The humanitarian situation in the country remains … economic hardship and natural disasters. The International Committee of the Red Cross … provinces. 100 participants from different law enforcement agencies attended forensic …

Law and policy topic
The ICRC recently rehabilitated and cleaned three canals and a check dam in Trinkot city in Uruzgan.

Hateymalo Accompaniment Programme Reports

… sfo{qmd sfof{Gjogsf bf}/fg ePsf l;sfO tyf pknlAwx¿ k|:t't ul/Psf] 5 . xft]dfnf] sfo{qmd … of missing persons in nepal 2010-2016 International Committee of the Red Cross … for by international human rights and humanitarian laws, families have the right to …

Law and policy topic

Didn’t find what you were looking for?

Try one of the following resources:

ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.