Globally we know that this pandemic is causing people to feel anxious, distressed or worried: fear of contracting the virus, of family becoming sickened; stress and anxiety related to isolation and …
Last week, a team from the ICRC delegation for Panama visited the health screening station at the Colón checkpoint, where our colleagues from the Panamanian Red Cross are doing their bit to help …
Safety and well-being of staff is the top priority. In all situations and in line with standard health and safety procedures, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is standard practice for the …
Many migrants find themselves with limited access, if any, to information about risks, prevention measures, health care and other essential services. Migrants in transit, those in need of …
This document discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters …
When people die during war, disaster or migration, their bodies must be handled respectfully and with dignity. The remains of individuals must be found, recovered and identified to help prevent and …
In New York city, mass-grave burials have quintupled. In Madrid, a skating rink was used as a morgue. If cities like this are struggling to cope with the COVID-19 death toll, what can we expect in …
The high levels of violence in Mexico have serious consequences for the population and disrupt, directly and indirectly, the everyday routines of individuals, families and communities, as described …
The ICRC works in close collaboration with the Mexican Red Cross to mitigate the consequences of violence, increase the National Society’s presence and strengthen the resilience of communities …
The ICRC has seen first-hand the major challenges that Mexico is facing in assisting and protecting the thousands of people forced to flee their homes, leaving everything behind, in search of 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.
