08-07-2016 Kiev (ICRC) – Ongoing shelling in the Gorlovka area has seriously damaged water infrastructure critical to the livelihoods of more than 2 million people on both sides of the contact line. …
Christina is raising awareness on how to maintain hygiene in difficult conditions. "When the violence started I came to the Red Cross compound with my little daughter. We still can’t return home. We …
We are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and we have been working in parts of Colombia affected by the conflict and other armed violence for more than 40 years. It is the victims’ …
The fact that prison might act as a "school of crime" is not a new idea. It has taken a fresh turn in the wake of recent terror attacks, where the perpetrators' experience in prison was believed to …
The 2015 Council of Delegates, held in Geneva on 7 December, gathered the representatives of all components of the Movement: the delegations of 185 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the …
Complementary to its focus on resilience building and protecting people, the ICRC will maintain its capacity to respond to emergencies. The latest events in Raja and Wau called precisely on this type …
"Nobody wants to live near a hospital in Aleppo." Javier Senent, president of the Spanish Red Cross That's how Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel García-Margallo summed up the tragedy of …
The News, a major newspaper in Pakistan, recently reported that 130 doctors were killed and 150 kidnapped in Karachi alone between 2012 and 2014. This comes on top of other violent incidents that …
594 attacks on health-care services resulting in 959 deaths and 1,561 injuries. Over half of attacks were against health-care facilities and another quarter against health-care workers. 62% of …
12-07-2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remains extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation after several days of armed clashes in Juba, South Sudan. We are …
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