… attacks erode an already extremely fragile health system: They have damaged or destroyed … and many patients have been afraid to seek care. Children are among those paying the … those of the ICRC. Health Care in Danger is an initiative of the International …
… The Security Survey for Health Facilities is a new tool to help hospitals and other health-care facilities prepare for attacks against … (MSF) – as part of the Health Care in Danger (HCID) initiative. Federico Sittaro from …
22-08-2024 Port Sudan (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians remain trapped by heavy fighting in Al Fasher, Sudan, where Al Saudi, the only remaining hospital, has suffered repeated attacks, and the …
… response capacity of our hospital – and all health facilities in southern Gaza – to care for those with life-threatening injuries,” …
… nuclear weapons and a big win for planetary health. The International Committee of the Red … challenges for providing medical care and other humanitarian assistance to … of nuclear war." Experts now assess that the danger of nuclear war is as great as it was …
… pandemic has further destabilized public health systems already weakened by war and … COVID-19 Hospitals in Gaza are striving to care for COVID19 patients with only four hours … basic food items. [EN, AR] HEALTH CARE IN DANGER Health staff across Iraq are working …
… state capital Mekelle, local hospitals and health facilities are running dangerously low on medical supplies to care for the wounded as well as other mounting … into Mekelle. We need to ensure that health workers have the supplies and conditions …
… An overview of the ICRC's large health programmes in Somalia and examples of … our work in health has expanded from direct care of those injured in battle to include war … senior surgeons steered the patient out of danger, calling the opportunity to help “a …
… Over 41 per cent of health-care workers reported having experienced some … Mirwais Khan, who heads the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative of the ICRC. "We …
… 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 most vulnerable should never face such danger.” In addition to the extremely …
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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.
