“For me, the support that I have got from the ICRC helped a lot. I became a wholesale buyer of goods, unlike before. Parts are always available, and I don't need to go to the city for every device …
It could be hard to imagine that such turquoise waters have ever witnessed a conflict between belligerents, destruction, or displacement of people. This is the Red Sea Coast in Zubab, Bab El Mandeb …
… of skilled workers who have lost their jobs due to the conflict, and the ICRC is …
… Sakhorn Huon, head of prison education and jobs at the correctional centre, is delighted … detainees have used their new skills to get jobs in relevant fields after their release. …
… from neighboring villages after losing their jobs as a result of the hostilities, which …
Strengthening communities Khine Nu, a mother of six children, is worried about the monsoon season that looms ahead. Her house was washed away during Cyclone Mora in May 2017. Though neighbours helped …
… Yemen. “Many farmers had to leave their jobs and look for other jobs, as cultivating the land is no longer …
Access to physical rehabilitation services is essential for ensuring that people with physical disabilities participate fully in society. Regaining mobility is an important step towards having the …
… In our seven years together, he took odd jobs. Months before we last saw him, he worked … house in 2015. Even with all her additional jobs, her family still struggled to find money …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has set up medical waste management services as part of our support to health complexes in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh to develop …
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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.
