Access to Education Strategy 2021-2026
This strategy, together with the overarching Framework for Access to Education, outlines the definition and approach of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to access to education and …
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Syria: ICRC is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Hassakeh following recent violence
24-01-2022 The International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply concerned about the intensification of violence in recent days around a detention facility in Sina’a, Hassakeh city, and calls for …
Guide to Law 105 on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons: Questions and Answers
The promulgation of the Law on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons (or Law 105) in November 2018 marked a significant milestone for the families, authorities, and Lebanese society. In light …
Counter-terrorism and IHL: Challenges to caring for wounded and sick on battlefield
Speech delivered by Chris Harland, ICRC legal adviser, on the occasion of the launch of the Study of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate on the i nterrelationship …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8
Text of Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Article 8 War crimes 1. The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – ratification kit
Model instruments of ratification / accession. Model of an instrument of ratification [acceptance or approval] (for States that signed the Statute by 31.12.2000) WHEREAS the Rome Statute of the …
Incapacitating chemical agents: Law enforcement, human rights law and policy perspectives
Expert meeting report: This publication is a summary report of the second and final ICRC expert meeting on so called "incapacitating chemical agents", which was held from 24 to 26 April 2012 in …
"Mankind is faced with a problem of supreme gravity..."; ICRC appeal, 1945
Full text of the statement issued by the ICRC on 5 September 1945, in the light of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which brought the war to an end. There can be no doubt that war, an …
Request for information regarding the consultancy to reduce the sustainable risk of ICRC distributed items
In 2021, the ICRC launched a project to reduce the sustainable risk of the distributed items distributed. Through this Request for Information (RfI), the ICRC is seeking to identify qualified, …
Yemen: ICRC expresses deep concern about the human toll caused by escalating violence
21-01-2022 Facilities used for detention in Sa’ada, Yemen, were hit early this morning, killing and injuring over a hundred detainees, and emergency workers were searching for victims amidst the …
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