… a coma. When I woke up, I was in intensive care. My brother said: 'What I am going to do … region of Colombia, only to land up in a dangerous, run-down part of Medellín. The ICRC … ICRC carried out activities in the areas of health, economic security and water and …
… devices and recurrent armed clashes pose danger to communities. With the prevailing … continues to provide medical support to local health structures to treat people wounded by … in similar situations, ensuring continuity of care, which is essential for full recovery. …
… Sudan will suffer from a lack of food and health care while on the run. The latest uprootings … that if they don't their lives will be in danger?" said Franz Rauchenstein, who heads …
… Services Department in the Ministry of Health. During this twin assignment l had the … programme, we have 44 mother and child health-care centres in south and central Somalia. Our … different situations in all the regions. What danger does the nature of the prevailing …
… water for vulnerable communities in Pikit Health: Life-saving support without … Everybody understands that we have to take care of our water system,” Tani added. A … devices and recurrent armed clashes pose danger to communities. With the prevailing …
… challenges to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and … Red Cross, is part of the Health Care in Danger project (HCiD). To learn more about the …
… Third, the consultations have taken care to give due attention to the challenges … consequences for the physical and mental health of the detainee population. For … adequacy of infrastructure against the dangers of the armed conflict adequacy of …
… others, five babies and three mothers. A health-care centre occupied by security forces for … that must be addressed. The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project is a Red Cross and Red …
… factors limit access to medical care in various regions of Nigeria; knowledge … there is no guarantee of receiving even basic health care. This project will enable the … with various kinds of disaster: earthquakes, dangerously cold conditions, heavy snowfall, …
… hygiene procedures to maintain a clean and healthy environment. To better supervise, … I could not believe it at first. Who takes care of detainees to train them? In my … to visit prisons in Somalia? Can they be dangerous? A: The basis of our work is to …
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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.
