Tackling torture: Who are the torturers?
On 3 December 2015, the ICRC held a public conference in the Humanitarium to try to answer the following question: How can decoding the mechanisms at work in torturers help tackle the phenomenon …
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Activities for Migrants
This booklet focuses on the activities that the ICRC carries out on behalf of vulnerable migrants and their families around the world. It explains our approach and describes what we, together with …
ICRC Asia-Pacific chief calls for respect for health services
16-02-2016 PORT MORESBY (ICRC) – Health services are a basic humanitarian right and communities must respect and look after their medical facilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Somalia: Hundreds of thousands received vital food and medical assistance in 2015
ICRC continued to help the people of Somalia suffering from armed conflict and harsh climate shocks such as drought and floods. In 2015, we provided aid in the form of health care, clean water, and …
ICRC Audiovisual Archives
Thousands of photos, films/videos and audio recordings belonging to the ICRC and documenting the organization's past and present are now open to the public. This new online platform will give the …
Tanzania: A glimpse inside the life of a refugee
To connect with families and friends in Burundi, Michel Ntirabampa uses the Red Cross free phone call service to contact them. He has been living in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in the Kigoma region of …
Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015
With the Syrian crisis showing no signs of abating, people continued to enter Jordan through the two crossing points of Hadalat and Rukban at the northeastern border. The ICRC has helped people at …
Afghanistan: ICRC staff members released in Ghazni
19-02-2016 Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) – All five staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who were being held since 16 February 2016 in the province of Ghazni were released …
Syria: ICRC alarmed by deteriorating situation in Aleppo region
19-02-2016 Damascus/Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply alarmed by the situation in the Aleppo region, where fighting is intensifying, hospitals and health workers have …
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