Iraq: Activity report 2016
Millions of people throughout Iraq continue to suffer the consequences of armed conflict and the lingering effects of past violence. Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. Since 2014, …
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Expert Meeting: Autonomous Weapon Systems, Technical, Military, Legal and Humanitarian Aspects
he ICRC convened an international expert meeting on autonomous weapon systems from 26 to 28 March 2014. It brought together government experts from 21 States and 13 individual experts, including …
Education in crisis
With more people on the move than ever before, conflicts lasting years and chronic violence on the rise in many areas, millions of children are deprived of even a basic education. From the sprawling …
"I can see that they are loved" - A photojournalist reconnects with two Rwandan orphans
It has been two years since photographer Nadia Shira Cohen met two young orphans reunited by the ICRC with their grandmother in Rwanda. Last August, she went back to see how their lives had changed. …
Australia: Working with militaries to ensure humane treatment of detainees
Detainees are among the most vulnerable populations in armed conflict situations. Amid the violence and volatility of war, they are in danger of disappearing, of being tortured, mistreated and may …
Pakistan: University professors discuss IHL, Islam, and the protection of people affected by conflict
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with Islamic Research Institute, a think tank of International Islamic University Islamabad organized a regional course on Islam and …
Would you play the game if the rules are changed?
If breaking the rules of the game is absurd what about breaking the rules of war? …
Update for customary IHL database - December 2016
We have just updated the customary IHL database to include additional practice from Canada and India . The database contains: the 161 rules of customary IHL identified in the ICRC's 2005 customary …
Fifth Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or …
Missing migrants from Senegal : "And the sea took him away forever.”
Mamadou (right) is seen in this picture with his wife Kadhy. He was 55 years old when he went missing in 2006. His wife still keeps her husband's carpenter tools, which she shows laid out on a mat. …
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