Sudan: ICRC set to resume its humanitarian work
Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – The Sudanese authorities have lifted the suspension of activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), even while discussions on practical arrangements to …
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Protecting the human rights of detainees
27th session, Human Rights Council The ICRC is greatly encouraged by the interest taken by the Human Rights Council and its members in the issue of detention. It would like to take this opportunity …
Debate on "Health care and violence: the need for effective protection" at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Attacks on health-care providers and their patients are frequent in modern conflict despite being expressly forbidden under the Geneva Conventions of 1949. States play a key role in addressing the …
Nepal: Fifty South Asians share perspectives on international humanitarian law
18-09-2014 Kathmandu (ICRC) – Nepal will host the 25th South Asia Teaching Session (SATS) on international humanitarian law (IHL), organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in …
Iraq: Red Cross Red Crescent Movement pledges more assistance for displaced persons
14-09-2014 Geneva/Baghdad/Erbil – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has pledged to intensify its humanitarian activities in Iraq , and to increase assistance for more than 1.5 …
First aid training in Afghanistan
In this video we see military personnel from the National Directorate of Security receiving first aid training from an ICRC first aid trainer. The training took place in April 2014 in Pul-i-Alam in …
Humanity in War: Frontline photography since 1860 at the Braid, Ballymena
When: 11 September - 28 October 2014 Where: The Braid, Ballymena Town Hall, 1-29 Bridge St, Ballymena, County Antrim BT43 5EJ, United Kingdom Since the second half of the nineteenth century, …
Ukraine crisis: ICRC activities up to end of August
The ICRC has a delegation in Kiev, offices in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odessa and sub-offices in Severodonetsk, Lugansk and Mariupol. We currently have some 90 staff in the country, and are deploying …
Syria: Food aid reaching more people
In August, the ICRC and its Syrian Arab Red Crescent partner provided food aid for 530,000 people across 10 Syrian governorates, including 90,000 people living in opposition-controlled areas – the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross in the First World War
Article by Daniel Palmieri At the outbreak of the Great War, the ICRC had already been operating for over 50 years. Although international in name, the ICRC was actually a local philanthropic …
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