Better protection for detainees
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a revised text of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR) on 17 December 2015. The revised text reflects many of the major …
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Iran: National Societies meet to discuss how migrants can keep in touch
25-02-2016 Tehran (ICRC) –The Iranian Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hosted a conference on helping migrants maintain ties with family members. This was the …
Bangladesh: ICRC international cricket tournament for people with physical disabilities
People with disabilities often experience limited opportunities in society such as difficulties in access to health care, education, employment and even obstructions in living a normal family life. …
Cameroon: What the ICRC did in 2015
The Far North Region of Cameroon continues to be the scene of clashes and violence, leaving many people dead or wounded and prompting hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Many of the displaced …
Paul Pogba Skypes with disabled footballers in Afghanistan
Losing a leg to a landmine need not mean the end of a young person's footballing ambitions. Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba spent time recently chatting to a group of disabled footballers …
Iraq: Food and emergency aid for over 1.3 million people
In 2015, more than 1.3 million people received food and emergency aid in Iraq. This 30 second time lapse video shows an aid distribution to displaced people in the Salahuddin province. …
Lebanon: Improving ageing infrastructure in places of detention
26-02-2016 Beirut (ICRC) – Repairs and upgrades to the infrastructure at Halba prison, in northern Lebanon, have just been completed thanks to the joint efforts of the International Committee of the …
Ukraine crisis: ICRC participates in release and transfer of nine conflict-related detainees
26-02-2016 Kiev/Donetsk (ICRC) – Today, nine detainees held in connection with the conflict in Ukraine were released and transferred back to their place of origin. The handover took place with the …
Syria: "Time to end this horrendous war” says ICRC president
26-02-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has urged the parties to the Syrian conflict to allow aid deliveries to all people in need and to …
Displaced in the Central African Republic: Between a rock and a hard place
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are still waiting to return home and resume normal life. Already severely weakened by the effects of the conflict , …
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