"Leaving Colombia got harder each time I did it."
An ICRC delegate from County Kildare, Ireland, reflects on her three missions in the South American country. Audrey Purcell O'Dwyer recently took up a new role with the ICRC in Geneva, as an …
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Limits on Autonomy in Weapon Systems
There is wide recognition that the need to preserve human control over weapon systems and the use of force in armed conflict will require limits on autonomous weapon systems. This report from the …
Online community for national committees and similar entities on IHL
About the Online Community for national committees and similar entities on IHL This is the only community enabling direct online exchanges among national committees and similar entities on …
The use of weapons and equipment in law enforcement operations
States often face situations in which their officials may have to use force to maintain or restore public security, law and order. In all such situations, law enforcement officials must ensure that …
Call to governments: Work together to stop cyber attacks on health care
On Tuesday, Peter Maurer added his name to a list of more than 40 international leaders calling on the world's governments to take immediate and decisive action to prevent and stop cyber attacks that …
Nigeria: Maiduguri entrepreneur brings affordable hygiene to women
When Zainab Lawan Dalorima asked displaced people in Dalori camp what help they need, they mentioned food, shelters, buckets, and praying mats. Many of them had been forced to abandon their homes …
COVID-19: Incomes have stopped overnight, for many that immediately threatens being able to eat
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to be a global socio-economic earthquake. It will be felt acutely in the world’s conflict zones, where millions are already coping with little or no health care, food, …
One call away: In Panama, helping bring migrants in Darién closer to their families
The road travelled by those arriving at the Migrant Receiving Station in La Peñita, Panama, is long and dangerous enough, yet migrants still have several borders and thousands more kilometres ahead …
Armenia: Limited access to education – the unseen consequence of conflict
This story is about the coexistence of hope and despair, dreams and reality, children and the conflict. And who better to tell it than the children themselves? Here's Satenik, one of the kids who …
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