We need to talk about sexual violence
During her time working for the ICRC in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Coline Rapneau had an experience that changed her life, and her opinion of how and why sexual violence should be spoken …
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Pakistan: "If you want to kill us, you might as well kill us here"
"I finally intervened and said: listen, if you want to kill us, you all have guns and you might as well kill us here." Read all stories on International Women's Day 2016 …
Agreement between the ICRC and UNESCO on the protection of cultural property - Q&A
Considerable attention has focused recently on the destruction of historic monuments in many of the world's armed conflicts. What is however not so widely realized is that in the event of armed …
ICRC and EPFL launch Humanitarian Tech Hub
Joint News Release, International Committee of the Red Cross and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Geneva (ICRC / EPFL) – The Humanitarian Tech Hub is an ambitious research and …
Women in the ICRC: Film archives
There is no longer any doubt about the importance of women's work for the ICRC, but it has not always been so. For decades women were either under-represented or relegated to particular tasks. An …
South-East Asia: ICRC moot courts – because IHL matters
Students in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam have been putting their IHL skills to the test in a series of moot court competitions, where they play the role of prosecution or defence in a war …
Report: Colombia: humanitarian challenges 2016
Although the fighting is abating between government forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP), the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) is continuing to …
ICRC and NATO promote laws of war in London
A digital awareness campaign about the work of the ICRC has been unveiled at NATO's Maritime Command headquarters in London. The three-week project centred on the importance of respecting …
Working for the ICRC: Global Careers Fair Online
Interested in humanitarian activities and the ICRC career opportunities? Meet our Human Resources team and discuss your profile: 10th of March 2016 - online - Global Careers Fair 9th edition The …
Sudan: Over 500,000 people received humanitarian aid in 2015
In 2015, the ICRC continued to help hundreds of thousands of people in need of food, medical, and economic aid in Sudan. We provided aid in the form of seeds and equipment, access to safe drinking …
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