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Speech by ICRC president: Conflict and migration from a humanitarian perspective

… services – as in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Israel and the occupied Palestinian … such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Israel – religious, ethnic, cultural and …

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Conduct of hostilities: Challenges in today’s armed conflicts

… 1999 to 2005, he carried out assignments in Israel and the occupied territories, Eritrea, … precautions in air and missile warfare" , Israel Yearbook of Human Rights , Vol. 44, …

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The Interplay between IHL and IHRL

… Rights Law in Situation of Armed Conflict ”, Israel Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2007, pp. … Activities on the Territory of the Congo ICJ/Israel, Separation Wall/Security Fence in the … by United States Forces in Occupied Iraq Israel, Human Rights Committee’s Report on …

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Gaza: survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families

… 100 countries. The ICRC has been present in Israel and the occupied territories since … programmes. The ICRC visits detainees in Israeli and Palestinian places of detention … Red Crescent Society and Magen David Adom in Israel. For more information, please contact: …

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ICRC at the UN: Urban warfare, digital threats and prisoners of war obligations are all humanitarian issues of high importance

… like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Sahel …

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Gaza’s Youth: Suspended Lives, Fading Opportunities

… Fifteen years of restrictions imposed by Israel on the movement of goods and People in …

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Occupation

… law From the Humanitarian Law and Policy blog Israel and the occupied territories: how …

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سور من الأسلاك الشائكة في الضفة الغربية

Monthly Middle East and North Africa newsletter – May 2020: Our response to COVID-19

… measures implemented to contain the outbreak. Israel and the Occupied Territories. The ICRC …

Report

Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show

… the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel and the occupied territories, and …

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Empress Shôken Fund announces 103rd funding distribution to support projects in 17 countries

… work. Lebanon The renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups in the …

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