… Hostilities Unit at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross … their survival – such as water, electricity, health care or waste management – are disrupted. …
… Considering the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, it is … party to an armed conflict must take constant care to spare civilians or civilian objects in … an attack, as a weapons depot, or to hide healthy soldiers/fighters. And there are …
… Beirut, 6 October 2024 - Following the recent escalation of hostilities in … reiterates that civilians, the wounded, health-care workers and facilities, including …
… a better future for them. He dreams of something different for his eight-month-old baby … a medical worker in one of the few remaining health facilities operating there, even less … sparsely equipped rooms where patients and care givers await treatment in his hospital. …
… the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the region. We understand the importance of … and increased staff presence, such as health and weapons contamination experts, to … sick and the injured to Armenia for further care; supporting people on the move with food …
… Guidelines to ensure we treat people with dignity, respect and care when gathering content for public … mutilation), images of violence or personal health information on digital platforms. In …
… Sudan (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians remain trapped by heavy fighting in Al Fasher, Sudan, where Al Saudi, the only …
… For almost three decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross … independence. They may need urgent medical care as a result of combat. When conflict … is checking medical supplies we donated to health care structures in Azerbaijan. Over the …
… civilians no longer have access to essential health services after most of the country's … health facilities have been damaged by shelling and airstrikes since the conflict broke … April last year. Repeated attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel have severe …
… (ICRC) – The 60-bed Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza is nearly at full … response capacity of our hospital – and all health facilities in southern Gaza – to care for those with life-threatening …
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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.
