Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ICRC) - Twenty-eight members of the Addis Ababa police force received first-aid training to give them the skills needed to save lives in emergency situations. The five-day …
Gathering and analysing data – to study the consequences of crises and carry out activities in response – is an essential element of humanitarian work. It helps to ensure the relevance and …
15-06-2017 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The two members of a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who were abducted in the morning of Wednesday, 7 June, between Kirumba and Beni, near …
Much was achieved in Gaza in 2016 with families, farmers, detainees, youth, journalists, academics, children, and partners in humanitarian action. As we continue the journey this year, we take a …
Jamal Qawariq, 49, is a Palestinian farmer from Awarta village, near Nablus. Qawariq worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross between 2007 and 2010, when the organisation developed an …
Over the past fifty years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been able to bring about a difference in many people's lives through its activities and programmes. The ICRC has …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an independent and neutral organization. Together with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS), it has been working in Sabah since 2013, …
14-06-2017 Harare (ICRC) - Government representatives from nearly 30 Commonwealth countries are meeting in Swakopmund, Namibia from 14 to 15 June 2017 to explore how to strengthen respect for …
Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades. These weapons have killed or injured tens of thousands of civilians in war-affected countries. In May 2008, more than 100 States adopted …
The fourth Asia-Pacific Correctional Managers' Conference (APCM) was held from 16 to 18 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Attended by 28 correctional managers from across the region, the conference was …
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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.
