The Roots of Behaviour in War revisited
On 28 April 2016, the ICRC hosted a panel discussion at the Humanitarium with some of the leading experts involved in the update of the ICRC study "The Roots of Behaviour in War". As part of the …
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Even wars have limits: Health-care workers and facilities must be protected
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, 3 May 2016, New York, USA Even wars have limits, because wars without limits are wars without …
Ready-to-use workshop on principles guiding humanitarian action
Based on How does law protect in war? and the International Review of the Red Cross , this ready-to-use workshop combines fictitious case studies, presentations, group work and discussion allowing …
Autonomous weapons systems: Profound implications for the future of warfare
In April 2016, head of ICRC arms unit Kathleen Lawand was invited to London to give the keynote address at the annual meeting of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) Summit, …
Palestinian circus brings a smile to children's faces in Jerusalem
It is 5 P.M. on a windy spring afternoon in Jerusalem. Despite the drastic drop in temperatures, in the East side of the city, more than 250 people headed to the Palestinian National Theatre to …
New ICRC blog on Humanitarian Law & Policy
On 19 May 2016, the ICRC launched Humanitarian Law & Policy , a digital forum for those concerned with how to better protect and assist people affected by conflict and violence. Powered by the …
Ukraine: In search of missing persons
Checkpoints have become an integral part of life for citizens in the front-line town of Gorlovka, in eastern Ukraine, two years into a conflict that has torn families apart and etched a line through …
Brazil: “I don’t know what happened to him, or even when he disappeared.”
"The possibility of something new in our past." This is how one participant described an ICRC gathering in São Paolo for relatives of people who disappeared during the military regime in Brazil …
Afghanistan: Displaced villagers long for home
It has been almost a year since Dunia Gul, a farmer and father of 12 children, fled with his family from Abdul-khil in eastern Afghanistan to Achin Bazaar, an hour and a half by car from Jalalabad. …
Three young Burundian refugees reunited with their families in Rwanda
Gérard is 13 years old. He was separated from his parents and then his brother when a wave of violence swept through Burundi in April 2015. He is now a refugee in Rwanda. I used sit alone and wonder …
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