… When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, the direct impact of such … as water supply, electricity, sanitation and health care, means that disrupting one can have a …
… Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – A sharp increase in the number … urgent needs and enhance people`s access to healthcare and other humanitarian services. Some …
… The violence in Mexico is deep, complex, and constantly … in numbers 42.775 migrants received medical care at six assistance points operated by the … forced migration, broken families, mental health problems and more. It restricts …
… classification of armed conflict – determining whether a situation of violence is an … and wounded persons must be collected and cared for, without any discrimination and in … age-appropriate access to education, food and health care. When deprived of their liberty, …
… (ICRC) – As a result of Colombia’s eight ongoing armed conflicts, in 2023 thousands of … of their liberty; and the safeguarding of health services. These special agreements … on violent acts committed against health-care services in 2023. The National Medical …
… In Colombia, the presence, use and abandonment … such as water sources, schooling and medical care. There is also a risk of losing … to basic services such as education and health. Hugo Fiz, Former Head of the ICRC …
… The civilian population continues to bear the brunt of the war. We wish … communities who had been displaced and who, scared for their lives, took the only way out … to essential services such as drinking water, health care, food, education and, in general, …
… Six months since the onset of renewed hostilities between … their humane treatment, access to adequate health care, ability to re-establish contact with …
… 28-03-2024 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee … were referred to the ICRC for medical care and psychosocial support. The ICRC is … separated family members to reconnect. Health 450 wounded people were admitted to the …
… The upsurge in armed conflict and other situations of … incidents in which people's access to health care was infringed, mostly in Goma. These …
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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.
