The communities who live in the valley of the rivers Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro in Peru face serious difficulties in accessing health care. The VRAEM, as it is known in Spanish, is a geographical area …
18-01-2024 From the onset of the events of 7 October 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been calling for the unconditional release of the hostages as a priority, while also …
Since 2013, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been helping strengthen Bolivia's prison system in order to help improve prison conditions and the treatment of persons deprived of …
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "There is an urgency to rediscover the humanity in one another." From Haiti to Mali, Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, Yemen, Ethiopia and Karabakh, humanitarian space …
This Evaluation was commissioned by the ICRC’s Evaluation office and the Operational Thematic Unit. The Evaluation aimed to generate evidence and understanding of the enabling factors and barriers to …
The Foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now accepting applications for the 13th Paul Reuter Prize for international humanitarian law. The Paul Reuter Prize of …
Across Africa, a humanitarian crisis unfolds. Spiraling conflicts, a changing climate, and restrictive government policies cast a long shadow on millions in need. A joint policy brief, a product of …
Promoting social inclusion through sports: The ICRC has been actively engaged since 2013 in promoting the social inclusion of people with physical disabilities through sports. These efforts aim to …
Maria lost a leg when her house was hit by an earthquake in Wakhan, Badakhshan, in early 2023. She travelled more than 200 km to our physical rehabilitation centre in Faizabad to be fitted with a …
People in northeast Nigeria have lived through conflict for more than a decade. That hasn’t stopped Nigerians who live with disability from confronting the additional challenges they face head on. …
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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.
