Jordan: Launch of the Professional Standards for Protection Work
… and the potential implications of the counter-terrorism legislation on the activities of …
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The rules of war protect people. Here’s how
Stories of when international humanitarian law (IHL) works rarely make the news. We don't see the stories of the pilots who decided not to drop a bomb after assessing that too many people would be …
International Conference: Opening address by ICRC president
… issues of our time: migration and terrorism. Global migration has reached … role to play in the quest to reduce acts of terrorism and other forms of extreme violence. …
Malaysia: 14th National IHL Moot Court Competition
… dares to interfere with our fight against terrorism, we will return fire in the name of … will be carried out to fight against terrorism and protect the territorial … Fodavan military however, amounts to a war on terrorism. Ergo, the jurisdiction of Article …
Northern Ireland: Healing the wounds of 30 years of conflict
… for approximately 50 per cent of all acts of terrorism in Europe, according to the 2015 European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report. …
Dhaka: Traffic police personnel get trained in first aid
… the ICRC's support, the DMP's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit chief …
ICRC vice-president: States must end flow of weapons that fuels human suffering
… and of human rights law, including acts of terrorism and sexual and gender-based …
Israel/Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories: West Bank Barrier causes serious humanitarian and legal problems
18-02-2004 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian impact of the West Bank Barrier on many Palestinians living in occupied territory. Where it deviates from the …
ICRC and Parliaments: the fruitful collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union
… 62 Part 3: A topic-based approach 65 IHL and terrorism 66 Rape and other forms of sexual … today’s armed conflicts, ranging from acts of terrorism to sexual violence and from the use … availability of weapons, the spread of terrorism, and the growing number of …
Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
… ambulances) were damaged. The South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), an independent site, … and 2014 some 40 doctors were killed due to terrorism.(5) This number is an … of doctors (1000 – 1500/year) due to terrorism and the search for better quality of …
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