… of essential services, such as electricity, health, education, water and sanitation. This … might have a significant impact on public health, as electricity is needed to operate … (water, electricity, sanitation and health care) and contamination by unexploded ordnance. …
… The wounded and sick must be given medical care; Hospitals and medical personnel must not … deep needs: from food, water and shelter, to health care services and economic opportunities and …
… of war. This type of hazard is a latent danger in urban and rural areas where the … individuals 1,500 people had access to health services, including 810 wounded and … injured had access to health services and care protocols. All these situations served to …
… sanitation and electricity, and deprived of health care; such privation is aggravated when cities … in firefights and call for fire support. The danger and urgency of such situations …
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 …
… etc.) and access essential services (medical care, education, etc.). For other actors … shelter and essential services, such as health care and education. While doing so, they … a normal life, thereby exposing them to danger. Ultimately, achieving a durable …
… cannot be set aside. They require comfort, care, assistance, and protection—just as …
… business activities because of their age, health condition or other circumstances. We … community awareness on safe behavior and danger of mines and unexploded devices, and … the ICRC and the German Red Cross. Health Care medical staff of three hospitals in Tavush …
… and placing them in the cross-hairs of danger when things go wrong. She cited recent … the rise of new actors and the attacks on health care personnel and medical facilities have …
… that might ultimately reduce suffering? D. Care for injured, protectorless and distressed … for hospitals and other medical facilities. Care for wounded and surrendered enemy soldiers. Protection of and care for threatened civilians, the displaced …
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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.
