ICRC deploying additional staff to Gaza
24-05-2021 Following the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza two weeks ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasing the number of field personnel it has there to enhance its …
24-05-2021 Following the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza two weeks ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasing the number of field personnel it has there to enhance its …
PILLAGE IS PROHIBITED. ATTACKING, LOOTING AND PILLAGING OF PROPERTY WAS A VIOLATION OF DIGNITY. -- The Tallensi considered attacking, looting and pillaging of civilian property a violation of their …
On 15 April 2021, the Holy See organised a high-level event on "Fraternity, Multilateralism and Peace". It was the occasion for the Holy See (often referred to as the Vatican) and leaders of …
In the Philippines , the country with the largest population of Christian believers in Asia, religious leaders and faith-based organizations play a crucial role in responding to the humanitarian …
Equitable vaccine distribution is a humanitarian imperative. There is a choice. The world of the next ten years can be one of greater justice, abundance and dignity. Or it can be one of conflict, …
The International Committee of the Red Cross employs close to 20,000 people in over 100 countries. These humanitarians face unprecedented challenges as they work in difficult circumstances and in …
Although the idea dates back to the aftermath of the First World War, it was only in 1945 that the first successful international organs of criminal justice – the Nuremberg and Tokyo International …
21-05-2021 Dakar (ICRC) – Dozens of civilians have been killed in the East, North and Sahel Regions of Burkina Faso, where armed conflict and other situations of violence, including communal …
Statement "The International Committee of the Red Cross welcomes this ceasefire after 11 intense days of torment, death and destruction for civilians in Gaza and in Israel. The focus now must be on …
When Sebghatullah had left home and family in a remote village of Badakhshan Province's Yaftal district, where even roads do not reach, to go to Kunduz Province, he had carried a dream in his heart. …
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