Nigeria's slow violence on health care
Falmata’s story tells the deadly legacy of attacks on health care services in Nigeria and the importance of protecting key civilian infrastructure in armed conflict. Before Falmata and her family …
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Multilateralism plays an important role in alleviating suffering and creating conditions for peace
Statement Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered by Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer, to the Interactive Dialogue to commemorate and promote the International Day …
ICRC response to COVID-19: Near and Middle East
A YEAR OF LOSS, DISRUPTION, SOLIDARITY AND HOPE One year on since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , this newsletter provides an overview of the ICRC response across the Near and Middle East …
Operational update on Papua New Guinea: April - December 2020
Meeting immediate needs and reaching remote communities for COVID-19 prevention and response In Papua New Guinea , the spread of COVID-19 is rapidly spiralling. Efforts to contain the pandemic are …
Message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2021
Joint statement signed by the Chair of Standing Commission, Mercedes Babé, IFRC President, Francesco Rocca, and ICRC president, Peter Maurer. Every year, 8 May marks World Red Cross and Red Crescent …
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): Management of the Dead under Islamic Law - Article
Religions, traditions and cultural practices influence the ways in which human remains are managed. In Islam, human dignity is a right given by God to all people, who are referred to in the Qur’an as …
Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show
03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered through thousands of attacks on health-care systems in the roughly five years since the UN Security Council demanded an end …
The International Movement of the Red Cross in Colombia stresses importance of respecting red cross emblem
30-04-2021 The Colombian Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reaffirm the importance of …
ICRC Yemen Annual Activity Report 2020
The ICRC has been in Yemen since 1962 and has a permanent presence in several governorates. Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in Yemen in 2015, the ICRC has been assisting victims of armed …
Digital Dilemmas Debate #4: Aid in the sky - Remote sensing in humanitarian operations
What do the eyes in the sky see? What can they guess? How can they help us? And how can they put us at risk? Building on the fourth Digital Dilemmas Dialogue , we have invited experts from the …
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