Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
… Children should also have access to jobs and other income-generating activities to …
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Joining forces to secure water and sanitation in protracted crises: a new report
The search for ways to improve our collective response has led the World Bank, UNICEF and the ICRC to publish a new report today called, “Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and …
Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence
On September 30, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the EU Institute for Security Studies hosted a colloquium on the theme of "Women and Armed Conflicts and the issue of Sexual …
Results of the historical symposium on the Fundamental Principles
A conference report and a detailed program are available for download at the bottom of this page. On 16 and 17 September, the ICRC, the University of Exeter and the UK Arts and Humanities Research …
The Kampala Convention: Key Recommendations Ten Years On
This report provides an update on the 2016 report ' Translating the Kampala Convention into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise '. It aims to capitalize on the momentum for engagement created by the …
International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality
… and employs civilians who would lose their jobs and income if the factory were to be … might cause economic harm in the form of lost jobs; the attacker would not be required to …
Why migrants are particularly vulnerable during the pandemic
… those occupying temporary or precarious jobs or relying on daily wages to subsist also …
Different ways to have different conversations with different people
This new ICRC flipbook contains over 50 one-page techniques that use art, music or theatre to engage with different audiences. Imagine that you're in front of a group of forty people . In the next …
Report: Urban services during protracted armed conflict
… in property or food prices, competition for jobs and pressure on essential services and … even among young professionals, but too few jobs to ensure that they gain relevant …
Management of the dead from the Islamic law and IHL perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters …
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