Hamida* led a normal life with her husband and three children in the village of Shadipora in Bandipora district of Kashmir. But things changed in 2007, when she was diagnosed with progressive …
The 27th Annual Jean-Pictet Competition – held this year in Charlottesville, Virginia in the United States – has come to an end. It was won by the National University of Singapore after an intense …
With an infectious smile, Alphonsa sits in her wheelchair rotating a ball in her hand. Standing next to her is her husband, who has stood by her like a rock and not allowed this physical limitation …
The ICRC is very concerned about the rise in violence in the run-up to the election in Burundi. It is appealing for calm and is calling for Red Cross staff and volunteers to be allowed to do their …
ICRC director of Operations Dominik Stillhart was recently in Afghanistan. Highlighting the current situation in the country, Dominik shares his concerns about the effects of the conflict on the …
The Annual report 2014 of the ICRC is an account of field activities conducted worldwide. Activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war, and to …
Dr Ahmed Mohamed began working at Keysaney hospital in Mogadishu in 1992, a year after the fall of the Siad Barre regime ushered in a period of civil war in Somalia. The hospital, run by the Somali …
Thirty-six outstanding nurses from 18 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. …
The ICRC has maintained its presence in Somalia since the seventies, responding to the needs of armed conflict victims. The work of the ICRC has been made possible through collaboration with the …
Benefiting from a respite in the fighting, Salfig Marah and his wife Fatima have just returned to Rabiah, a small town located on the border with Syria. Almost all of its 24,000 inhabitants fled the …
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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.
