… and sheep, camel bells ringing and running water signals the onset of a busy morning in … region. Herders fill their jerry cans with water as goats, sheep and camels jostle for room along the water troughs. At the centre of all this …
… In 2015, the ICRC dug 20 new water wells in rural Guinea and repaired 85 … in 90 villages now have access to clean, safe water. Water flowing again in Filaya Filaya, in …
… 05-11-2015 Manila (ICRC) – A community-based water-supply system providing potable water to over 4,000 people, including … is a long-term solution to the shortage of water in this barangay (village), which hosts …
… since there was not adequate access to clean water, people were forced to collect water from open wells and unmaintained hand … explained Marco Albertini, ICRC's water and habitat coordinator. In July, the ICRC started …
… Struggling with frequent water cuts, residents of Syria's battered city of Aleppo have a new way to find the water needed for their daily lives - an …
… governorates of Jordan, the demand for water has grown significantly. The ICRC has expanded its water activities to meet people's needs. The … Brunton, who coordinates the ICRC's water and habitat programmes in Jordan. In September, …
… had a difficult time getting clean drinking water. Their situation worsened in 2022, when … the nearest spring, their only source of safe water. However, a newly completed water supply system, one that the residents …
… to plan, implement and monitor emergency water and sanitation programmes, and will help … of the University of Neuchâtel and the Water and Habitat Unit of the ICRC. Course dates Course …
… has resulted in widespread destruction of water facilities across the country. Access to safe drinking water is a challenge affecting millions of … which now has up to 40 per cent less drinking water than a decade ago. More than ten years …
… Water is precious everywhere, but there are few places on Earth where water is as precious as in Somalia right now. … said Fernando Resta, the ICRC's water and habitat coordinator. "There is an overcrowding …
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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.
