The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …
For decades, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has significantly impacted the livelihood of people living in conflict-affected communities. The year 2020 was especially hard for them – first, due to the …
Each state must make legal advisers available, when necessary, to advise military commanders at the appropriate level on the application of international humanitarian law (IHL). This obligation, …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is closely following information that has been released recently, on the current situation at various prisons in Myanmar. We are deeply concerned …
Our priority is to keep helping people affected by the armed conflict while taking all COVID-19 preventive measures possible. However, in a country with only half of its health care facilities …
Jakarta, Indonesia – Collaborative work among the authorities, education institutions, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders in order to ensure the continuity and resumption of education …
The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross and two leading medical universities of Pakistan, Khyber Medical University and Jinnah Sindh Medical University , …
In the heart of the Lake Chad basin, a region racked by a conflict that has already lasted seven years, stands Mada Hospital, the only one for miles around whose surgeons can perform war surgery. …
This bulletin contains an overview of our operations focusing on COVID-19 and other activities during the first half of the year 2021. In 2021, the ICRC Nairobi delegation continued with its …
From 12 -16 Jul 2021, ICRC Regional delegation in New Delhi conducted an online certificate course on Maritime Security Operations and Contemporary challenges in collaboration with the Rashtriya …
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