Jordan: Humanitarian response during 2017
… the ICRC in Jordan continued to adapt its humanitarian response to both the emergency … restore family links and promote respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), while delivering large-scale …
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Yemen: Bridging gap between wishful thinking and reality on ground
… think I need to go into any detail about the humanitarian situation facing the people of … the past few years. My colleagues from the International Committee of the Red Cross … basics. Respecting International Humanitarian Law (IHL). By all sides. No exceptions. And …
Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?
… systems: An ethical basis for human control? International Committee of the Red Cross … force to ensure compliance with international law and to satisfy ethical concerns, and … cause unacceptable harm. In international humanitarian law, notions of humanity and …
Yemen: The slow death of society could be reversed; progress is possible
… to the way the conflict is being fought. The International Committee of the Red Cross has … deaths – if the mere basics of international humanitarian law were observed," said Robert Mardini, the …
Ethiopia: Providing assistance to vulnerable individuals in 2017
… so as effectively as possible. Attention to humanitarian affairs in Ethiopia was … programmes on humanitarian and human rights law in partnership with the army, police … treatment of detainees, in accordance with international norms and standards. Enabled …
Internally displaced people
… countries as a whole, resulting in serious humanitarian, social and economic concerns. … – State and non-state actors alike – abide by international humanitarian law (IHL), notably the rules protecting …
The ICRC Donor Support Group
… that allows them to better understand the humanitarian challenges that the ICRC seeks to … ICRC’s prevention programme; the relevance of international humanitarian law (IHL) today; the ICRC’s endeavours to …
ICRC mourns loss of staff killed in bomb attack in Mogadishu
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … in promoting the principles of international humanitarian law, which aim to limit human suffering in …
Out of the ‘mouth of a shark’: a humanitarian perspective on migration and displacement
… engaged in an interactive dialogue and raised humanitarian concerns around migration and … category may be, it remained critical for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … some violations of international humanitarian law, especially targeted violations against …
Out of the ‘mouth of a shark’: a humanitarian perspective on migration and displacement
… engaged in an interactive dialogue and raised humanitarian concerns around migration and … the Global Migration Centre and Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and …
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