16-01-2019 The ICRC develops its first massive open online course (MOOC) on sustainability in humanitarian action The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has developed a new online course …
The second edition of the Asian and Pacific Conference on Prison Health (APCPH) recently organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marked another important milestone in the promotion of health-care services …
Tens of thousands of people went missing as a result of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995). Almost 25 years later, 6,126 families are still waiting for information about the fate of their …
Saidi, Bashrheel, Nyabiel and Nyakong have been displaced by violence and conflict. Despite being forced to flee their homes in Burundi, Yemen and South Sudan, they still hold on to their dreams. …
Prof. Dr Jürg Kesselring is a member of the ICRC Assembly and also the head of the department of neurology and neurorehabilitation, rehabilitation Centre, Valens, Switzerland. He was on a visit to …
A collection of paintings from a Papua New Guinea Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross and University of Papua New Guinea facilitated art project are currently being exhibited at the …
On 15 and 16 November 2018, 27 students from the Faculty of Education at University of Malaya (UM) participated in a workshop on humanitarian principles and law. As future teachers, they wanted to …
31-12-2018 Juba (ICRC) - The ICRC has managed to facilitate the release and transport by air to Juba of 22 persons, who had been caught up in ongoing nearby fighting, from a remote location in the …
Zo’orb Family in their house in Naher Al Bared area of Khan Younis. Poverty and unemployment push people to seek opportunities outside Gaza. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Abdel Rahman Zagout Young men idling …
23-12-2018 Kuwait City (ICRC) - From 9 to 13 December, around 430 military personnel (personnel, officers and non-commissioned officers) from the north-western military base of Tabuk in addition to a …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
