ICRC Somalia detention activities 2015
An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Every detained person needs water in sufficient …
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Mexico: Challenges to international humanitarian law and humanitarian action
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICR, UNAM Law Faculty (Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico City Check against delivery Speech given by Mr …
ICRC Somalia detention activities 2015 - in Somali
ICRC Somalia detention activities - in Somali Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Shaqsi kasta oo xiran wuxuu u baahanyahay biyo ku filan uu …
Accompanying the Families of Missing Persons: A Practical Handbook
The ICRC has played an active role since 1991 in supporting the families of missing persons and advocating respect for their right to know the fate of their relatives. During the conflicts in …
Madagascar: Dental care for women detainees to coincide with International Women’s Day
Manjakandriana prison, located 42km to the east of the capital Antananarivo, currently houses 30 women detainees. On 8 March, to coincide with International Women's Day, the ICRC, working with the …
Colombia: Crossing the bridge back to school
"In 2013 I decided to move closer to the children so that it wouldn't be so difficult for them to get to school. I spent two years teaching in the house of the mother of one of my pupils. That way, …
United Kingdom: The application and applicability of IHL to multinational forces
Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT), simulation exercise. Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers take position around an internally displaced persons camp. Image: ICRC / FONTANA, …
Belarus: Someone will be there to answer
Fleeing the fighting in Ukraine, people left behind their homes and belongings and sought refuge where they could. Many went to Belarus. Official estimates put the number of refugees from Ukraine …
Mexico and Central America: Missing persons and their families
When dark began to fall, I went to see where my family was. I found 27 people dead, but the bodies of my daughter and my grandchildren weren't there. I felt that my family had been wiped out. [...] I …
Sri Lanka: Clarifying the fate of missing persons requires sustained commitment
The ICRC's Director of Operations, Dominic Stillhart, recently concluded a five-day visit to Sri Lanka. During his time in the country Mr Stillhart met with a number of senior government officials, …
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