… to plan, implement and monitor emergency water and sanitation programmes, and will help … of the University of Neuchâtel and the Water and Habitat Unit of the ICRC. Course dates 22-29 …
… Scarcity of water is commonplace in northern Ethiopia. … However, a better access to clean and safe water will no longer be a problem for 6000 … a long queue and travel faraway for drinking water. The residents of Miglabferes – …
… The ICRC is engaged in the construction of a water supply project aimed at helping people … Gumuz region to get access to clean water services. The project involves … and its environs Zerihun Legesse, water and habitat engineer at the ICRC An …
… Wendgouda Priva Kabré, head of the ICRC's water and habitat activities in Burkina Faso, explains … caught between armed violence and a deadly water shortage. Pastures are disappearing …
… used to fall ill regularly because of their water, which they fetched from the river … close to their home. The nearest clean water source was simply too far away. But in 2017, the ICRC expanded a water distribution system in collaboration …
… and mismanagement are depriving people of water. The ICRC is training communities to operate and maintain their own water pumps and systems, ensuring that they enjoy a reliable supply of clean water. Crisis and mismanagement hit water …
… Africa to the Middle East and Asia. In the water-stressed regions beset by armed conflict … with tension where ICRC engineers work, groundwater is the most suitable source of drinking water. A good understanding of borehole …
… As water cuts in Aleppo reach an all-time high, … in relation to a network of restored water wells throughout the city. A screenshot of the alternative water network in Aleppo – created by the ICRC …
… published on 18 July 2015 on Reuters. Mains water and electricity have returned to large … of Aleppo following a three-week cut. The water station manager called on the Syrian … (SARC) aid group to provide diesel for the water pump. A spokesman for the ICRC, which …
… The newly installed water tanks on the roof deck of the jail. A newly installed water tank, with the surrounding foliage in … for the detainees," says ICRC water and habitat engineer Isabel Besinio. "With the …
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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.
