While the ICRC was working on the publication of the first Commentaries to the newly adopted Geneva Conventions of 1949, it sent National Societies and Governments five "Information Notes", entitled …
… obligations for protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies. … consultation process of the Health Care in Danger project,1 a workshop on domestic …
… The First World War Women and war Health care in danger Protecting prisoners National …
… in cooperation with Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population, held a conference for … implications of violence against health-care workers and facilities and to promote … services as part of the 'Health Care in Danger' project, an International Red Cross …
… The ICRC has provided supplies for over 20 health-care facilities in the country since July. … with extremely limited resources in a dangerous working environment. "Because of the …
… people caught up in the violence or living in dangerous proximity to conflict areas in … over 15 US dollars) have been distributed. Health care Wound-dressing materials, surgical items, …
… direct attacks on civilians (including health-care personnel), and massive destruction of … way conflicts are waged, with ever increasing dangers for all humanitarian workers deployed …
… display it as they do their work, in serious danger. In recent years the ICRC has been … law. In addition, in connection with its "Health Care in Danger" campaign, it has organized a …
… of military operations on the delivery of health care. Data gathered by the ICRC since 2012 in … Violent Incidents Affecting the Deliver y of Health Care , show that weapon bearers are …
… attend the World Medical Association's Global Health Summit. During his visit, we talked to him about his long career as an ICRC surgeon and perspectives on … medics on this issue? The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project, which is addressing …
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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.
