… ICRC President Peter Maurer at a high-level ministerial meeting on the humanitarian … destroyed homes and infrastructure. Primary health care is on the brink of collapse, water …
… Maputo (ICRC)—Attacks on towns and villages in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo … centre will help the community respond to the health crisis, but these families cannot … been burned to the ground, schools and health care facilities looted and destroyed, and …
… Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region erupted over … when they fled their homes. Lack of access to health services and lack of security are other … medical services. Supporting primary health care facilities is now an even greater …
… never happens by accident. It is always intentional, and this has a crucial … provided as part of a broader emergency health-care approach benefitting the general …
… Two years have passed since the eruption of conflict in Sudan on 15 … safe removal of 300 orphans and 70 of their caretakers from combat zones in mid-2023 — … violence is widespread. The collapse of health care An estimated 70–80 per cent of …
… Taking IHL as a starting point, this paper will … like water, sanitation, food, shelter or health care, benefiting from humanitarian relief …
… Life in Haiti is becoming increasingly precarious. … everything is in short supply: medical care, drinking water, food and even basic … been targeted. Already in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that fewer …
… In May 2019, the ICRC head of policy, Dr Hugo … – the obligation to treat all people in your care humanely. So, here is what humanity looks … areas; and the persistent attacks against healthcare facilities, staff and patients in …
… South Sudan has been grappling with protracted conflict and violence, … to build resilience by accessing primary health care, food, and water amid volatile security …
… An update of our activities in central Mindanao, Philippines. Content: The … water for vulnerable communities in Pikit Health: Life-saving support without … Everybody understands that we have to take care of our water system,” Tani added. A …
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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.
