Colombia: ICRC launches detainee campaign
31-08-2015 Bogotá / Geneva (ICRC) – The ICRC's Colombia delegation has launched a campaign entitled "Human beings, inside and outside," promoting decent conditions in the country's prisons. The ICRC …
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D, Delegations, 1921-ongoing, 356 metres of shelf space
The archives of ICRC delegations operating outside Switzerland are stored under index number D. Detailed inventories have been drawn up of the archives of the delegations established by the ICRC …
ICRC archives to be opened, 1966-1975
The public archives of the ICRC for the period 1966-1975 will be open to the public from 15 June 2015. The archives cover a number of important historical events including the Nigeria-Biafra War …
Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence
On September 30, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the EU Institute for Security Studies hosted a colloquium on the theme of "Women and Armed Conflicts and the issue of Sexual …
Extraterritorial targeting by means of armed drones: Some legal implications
This image shows Reaper a Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS), part of 39 Squadron Royal Air Force. The Reaper has completed 20,000 operational flight hours in theatre, and is operated from Kandahar …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
What are the main obstacles and challenges to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and men? This question is explored in the new report " Study on Access to …
Detention in non-international armed conflict - Meeting of all States, 27-29 April 2015
This meeting forms part of the third phase of consultations of the process and will involve discussions with all States and preparations for the 32nd International Conference. The purpose of the …
Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Switzerland are hosting the fourth and final meeting of States in Geneva on 23-24 April 2015 as part of their joint …
Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015
The last meeting in the consultation process facilitated by the ICRC and Switzerland pursuant to Resolution News release : Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international …
Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering
"An airstrike destroys the paediatric and premature baby section of a hospital killing, among others, five babies and three mothers. A health-care centre occupied by security forces for days, …
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