He’s being missed
“HE’S BEING MISSED AT THAT TABLE” Assessing the Needs of Family Members of Missing Persons during the Military Regime in Brazil: case “Perus' grave” REPORT At that table¹ He often sat at that table …
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Processing of personal data by the ICRC – Information Notice
When collecting someone’s data to help them find a missing loved one, he or she has the right to transparency about what will happen to that data. This is explained in an ‘information notice’. This …
The book Warrior Without Weapons now available in Greek
In collaboration with an academic institution in Greece Marcel Junod was a Swiss doctor and one of the most well-known ICRC delegates. In 1935, Junod decides to join ICRC's humanitarian mission in …
Happy Yemen Face in Pictures
Occupying 222,500 square meters, the largest mosque in Yemen has been recently built. It followed the distinctive Yemeni architectural style, inspired by the style of the Grand Mosque in Sana’a built …
Ethiopia: Red Cross sends medicines, relief supplies to Mekelle to fortify paralyzed health care facilities
Addis Ababa / Geneva (ICRC) – A convoy carrying medicines and relief supplies from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), organized in …
Pandemic shows that we must build resilience and address humanitarian challenges for the long-term
Statement Statement to the 75th United Nations General Assembly plenary meeting on "Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations" As delivered by Ms. …
Human Rights Day: 100 trees dedicated to the missing persons in former Yugoslavia
10-12-2020 ICRC plants saplings in the memory of those who went missing during the conflicts in former Yugoslavia during 1990s Belgrade (ICRC) – To mark Human Rights Day, the International Committee …
India: ICRC signs MoU with Rashtriya Raksha University
The Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) in Gujarat — an institution of national importance in India — and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in New Delhi on 10 …
Cameroon: Hopes of a better life washed away by rain
In the department of Logone-et-Chari, in the Far North Region of Cameroon, heavy rainfall has destroyed 70 per cent of the sorghum, bean and rice fields. Hopes are being washed away in a part of the …
Cameroon: Humanitarian needs are immense in this neglected crisis
Since 2014, the Lake Chad crisis has been spreading to the Far North Region of Cameroon, whose inhabitants have mostly fled inland in their hundreds of thousands to escape the appalling armed …
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