Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering
"An airstrike destroys the paediatric and premature baby section of a hospital killing, among others, five babies and three mothers. A health-care centre occupied by security forces for days, …
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She inspires: Stories from the Asia-Pacific on International Women’s Day 2020
Essayist Anais Nin said, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It is this fortitude that women like Ho Chanty and Momtaz, along with others whose stories we narrate in the …
Extraterritorial targeting by means of armed drones: Some legal implications
This image shows Reaper a Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS), part of 39 Squadron Royal Air Force. The Reaper has completed 20,000 operational flight hours in theatre, and is operated from Kandahar …
Partnering for Humanity: Humanitarians and philanthropists working together
Partnering for Humanity | Humanitarians and philanthropists working together. Partnership between humanitarians, businesses, philanthropists and governments is a critical aspect of the effort to save …
Yemen: February to March 2019 ICRC activities
In the months of February and March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued its life-saving activities, relief projects, and interventions on various fronts. The water and …
Guidelines on investigating violations of IHL: Law, policy and good practice
Investigations into alleged violations of international humanitarian law by the parties to an armed conflict are not only crucial to securing respect for IHL , but also to preventing future …
ICRC presents record budget for 2015 to meet vastly expanding needs
26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking its donors for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.26 billion euros, or 1.68 billion US dollars) to help …
Venezuela in 2020: humanitarian work to help those hardest hit by violence and the pandemic
Throughout 2020, the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continued to take its toll on the most vulnerable part of the population, who had to not only endure a context riddled with violence and a …
Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population
This exhibition drew on video and audio recordings from the ICRC's archives dating as far back as 1922 to show the staggering toll that wars have taken on cities and the people living in them. But it …
Commemorating the Missing
'Commemorating the Missing' portrays the efforts of the families of the missing in Nepal to honour their loved ones. Fifty-nine commemorative memorials such as water wells, pillars, gates, waiting …
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