People on War 2016: Background, methodology and results
… In 2016, the ICRC commissioned WIN/Gallup … the ICRC has been supporting communities and health-care facilities, running physical …
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Supporting the future of Syria and the region
… by ICRC President, Peter Maurer Syria is going through a period of transition with … mentally. They need safety, shelter, food, health care, sanitation: the basics to live We, …
Speech by ICRC president: Conflict and migration from a humanitarian perspective
… given by Peter Maurer, p resident of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at … shelter, water and related infrastructure, health care and war surgery, psychosocial programmes …
TPNW is a long-awaited tool to ensure that nuclear weapons are eliminated and never used again
… UN and Head of Delegation, New York Good morning, distinguished colleagues and ambassadors. … and long-term effects on people, societies, health-care systems and the environment. Answering a …
Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL
… Member States and National Societies gathered in Canberra for the Fourth Commonwealth Red … sexual violence, ensuring respect for health care, protection of cultural property, and …
Israel and the occupied territories: Key Facts and Figures from 7 October 2023 to 31 March 2024
… Six months since the onset of renewed hostilities between … their humane treatment, access to adequate health care, ability to re-establish contact with …
Protected persons: Children
… Under international humanitarian law, children … and lose contact with, their families or caregivers, in situations of armed conflict … essential goods and services such as food and health care where needed. We seek to prevent …
Persons protected under IHL
… International humanitarian law protects a wide … concerned itself primarily with the care of the sick and wounded on the … defensive measures that put civilians in danger. Civilians may not be used as … such as farms, housing, transport and health facilities, are forbidden. IHL also …
Means of personal identification
… Fact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the … of war— Annex IV A. REVERSE SIDE PRONT He. (care — rs then oftheooismty.oda&diy lie i~ etb … sit Cooling horn thosPital. eec) on State of health is Present eddresa •n. (a) is …
From our archives: Modes of transport
… 1914-1918 war. Near the front, in a Hungarian Red Cross ambulance car, the … the medical mission and the department of health travel from Negrito to Barbacoas in dugout canoes, to bring health care to the people living in these isolated …
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