ICRC Strategy 2019–2024
The ICRC Strategy 2019–2024 provides a compass for action for the next six years. It guides the organization in preventing and alleviating the suffering of people affected by conflict and violence, …
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Health Care in Danger: The Responsibilities of Health-Care Personnel Working in Armed Conflicts and Other Emergencies
A guidance document in simple language for health personnel, setting out their rights and responsibilities in conflict and other situations of violence. One surgeon who reviewed the text said: "It's …
Mini EHL: The Essence of Humanitarian Law
This resource kit introduces young people to the principles and basic rules of international humanitarian law (IHL). It provides 5 x 45 minutes of sequential learning activities designed for both …
Physical Rehabilitation Centres: Architectural Programming Handbook
Physical rehabilitation refers to a process aimed at removing – or reducing as far as possible – restrictions on the activities of people with disabilities and at enabling them to become more …
Are You Looking for a Family Member? familylinks.icrc.org Can Help You
This leaflet highlights the familylinks.icrc.org website, intended for people who have been separated from their family members by armed conflicts, natural disasters or migration. It explains how to …
Water and Habitat: Public Health Engineering during Armed Conflict, 1983-2013
Everyone knows that the ICRC has been in existence for 150 years, but 2013 brings another milestone: the 30th anniversary of the ICRC Water and Habitat Unit. This richly illustrated booklet marks …
International Humanitarian Law Bibliography, 2012 Edition
A compilation of the four quarterly IHL bibliographies issued by the ICRC Library during 2012. The bibliography is aimed at: - those who wish to expand their knowledge of IHL; - ICRC delegations, …
The Ante-Mortem / Post-Mortem Database: An Information Management Application for Forensic Data
The proper management of forensic data is crucial for identifying human remains and resolving cases of disappearance. This brochure describes the AMPM Database, an electronic tool that facilitates …
Basic Emergency Care: approach to the acutely ill and injured
Developed by WHO and ICRC, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access training …
Forensic Science and Humanitarian Action
The ICRC provides advice, support and training for local authorities and forensic practitioners in searching for, recovering, analysing, identifying, and managing the remains of large numbers of …
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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.
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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.