26-08-2025 A tribute to Marawi’s missing people and their families’ relentless search for answers Manila (ICRC) – A coffee table book was launched and a photo exhibition was inaugurated today in …
… of life, and increase competition for limited jobs is also part of such antimigrant …
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
"Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism" (P/CVE) is a global State-led approach that is part of a broader counter-terrorism agenda. This "whole-of-society" approach aims, through a wide range of …
Forty-one serving military officers from five continents gathered in New Delhi to participate in a Regional Workshop on Integrated Protection of Civilians (PoC) held in December 2016. The workshop …
… facilities. Large numbers of people lost jobs and income because of pandemic-related … them to continue their education and find jobs, respectively. Training, and financial … towards self-sufficiency as they secured jobs, or started or strengthened small …
The Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme was developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the aim of mitigating the consequences of armed violence for …
… They must not be punished for doing their jobs. These dedicated professionals have a key …
This evaluation focused on the achievement of the strategy for Analysis & Evidence, as part of the ICRC's economic security programme. The evaluation found that the strategy had been well achieved, …
2022 was a year of growth, in which we explored new ways of protecting and assisting people affected directly or indirectly by the armed violence in Venezuela. We improved people's access to clean …
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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.
