| Focus on key humanitarian issues Section highlighting some of the main issues on the humanitarian agenda with which the ICRC and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement are involved: mines, biotechnology, role of the private sector, women in war, the protective emblem and others. 17-11-2009 Children and the ravages of war
To mark the 20th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Geneva Conventions, respectively, the ICRC has issued a new brochure on children and war. ICRC child protection adviser, Kristin Barstad, talks about the plight of children during war and what the organization does to protect and assist them.(Focus) |
23-10-2009 Council of Delegates - 2009
Nairobi, Kenya, 23 to 25 November 2009. The Council of Delegates – bringing together all 186 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, their International Federation and the ICRC – will meet in Africa for the first time.(Focus) |
2-10-2009 The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World
Second Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. Cartagena, Colombia, 29 November - 4 December 2009(Focus) |
29-10-2009 ICRC opinion survey in eight countries
As part of the Our world. Your move. campaign the ICRC has carried out different quantitative (statistical) and qualitative (personal interviews and focus groups) research initiatives designed to give a voice to the world's most vulnerable people and raise awareness of the plight of civilians living in situations of armed conflict and violence. Survey in Afghanistan, Colombia, DR of the Congo, Georgia, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia and the Philippines.
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19-7-2007 Three emblems, one movement, serving humanity
This is a comprehensive brochure providing detailed information on the origin of all the emblems, its protective use in wartime and its indicative use in peacetime. It specifies the institutions entitled to use it and gives examples of misuse or lack of respect for the emblem.(Focus) |
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World Red Cross Red Crescent Day 2009 – joint statement from the presidents of the International Federation and the ICRC
