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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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