In the cold, early morning, Red Cross volunteers bring wood and start a fire at the small temporary building that provides warmth and comfort on the edge of the front line. On the other bank of the …
Forty-one serving military officers from five continents gathered in New Delhi to participate in a Regional Workshop on Integrated Protection of Civilians (PoC) held in December 2016. The workshop …
… people become worse in prison than out in the streets.” Tyson “Overcrowding does not allow …
Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Prize No recipient has been awarded the Peace Prize as many times as the ICRC. In 1901, the first ever Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Dunant, founder of the Red …
… time. People’s homes, their doorsteps, their streets, their schools and their hospitals are …
… officers, water engineers, relief work- streets before their homes and businesses. … in basic humanity of local citizens? the streets. Mosul, the scene of intense street … are bombed-out shells, and the once-bustling streets are almost-empty For residents like …
… clashes breaking out in recent weeks. The streets are filled with reminders of the … 2017 In Taiz, armed fighters are on the streets, buildings are in ruins. It's hard to …
In 2016, the ICRC continued to assist Burundian and Congolese refugees living in western Tanzania to restore links with their families. Our teams trained authorities on the compliance with …
With over 20 million reliant on aid, Yemen is the world's single largest humanitarian crisis. Now it's in the grip of a deadly cholera outbreak. On 5 May, the Ministry of Health and Population in …
Every Friday, 12 to 15 volunteers perform an hour-long street play. The project, which was initiated by the Health Care in Danger project, began in April 2017. South Sudan Red Cross already have a …
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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.
