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Yemen: The safety net above the chasm below

Suffering does not change its face. It is as perennial as bloody human conflict. I saw that recently in Yemen. I met a man in the old city of Sana'a, the capital. A bomb had destroyed his home. And …

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ICRC in Sri Lanka: Evolving humanitarian action

The ICRC has been present in Sri Lanka since 1989, responding to humanitarian needs resulting from the uprising of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in the South, and thereafter, from the conflict …

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Lake Chad: Red Cross seeks to improve coordinated response to humanitarian crisis

16-09-2015 Abuja (ICRC) – The Red Cross began a two-day regional meeting in Abuja today aimed at improving its coordinated response to the Lake Chad crisis. Red Cross partners include the …

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Stubborn realities, shared humanity: History in the service of humanitarian action

  This livestreamed public event, held on 16 September gathered internationally recognized historians, academics and senior humanitarian practitioners to discuss the doctrine of humanitarian …

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Serbia: Nasri and Bahiya – Damascus to Krnjaca

Nasri is a 21-year old Syrian from Damascus. "In my group we are four women, six babies and one man," he explains, the one man being him. They fled the fighting in their native land on 1 March 2015, …

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Migrants in South-East Europe: The tragic toll

According to the information collected by the Red Cross Societies, between November 2014 and mid-2015, 28 migrants died in train accidents in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, four froze to …

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Bulgaria: Hivro and Asra

Hivro and his wife (whom we will call Asra for the purposes of this story) are refugees from Syria. They spent a month in dfferent accommodation centres in Bulgaria, neither of them knowing what had …

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Sudan: ICRC committed to expanding humanitarian activities

17-09-2015 Khartoum (ICRC) - Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), today concluded a visit to Sudan where he discussed the scope of the …

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What is IHL?

Extract from ICRC publication " International humanitarian law: answers to your questions " International humanitarian law (IHL) regulates relations between States, international organizations and …

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South Africa: 15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law - Summary Report

15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law 18 – 21 August 2015 OR Tambo Building, Pretoria Representatives from 16 Southern African countries gathered in South Africa from 18 to …

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