Nearly 60 senior military officers from 57 countries converged in Xi’an recently for the 8th ICRC Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO), hosted jointly by the …
In 2016, the ICRC continued to help the people of Ethiopia respond to the effects of drought in conflict prone areas. We provided shelter, seeds and tools to people displaced by localized violence. …
174 families received an emergency delivery of food and household essentials in the Sancharak and Kohistanat districts of Afghanistan's Saripul province in August 2016. Most had fled fighting around …
06-12-2016 A new Red Cross survey shows that the majority of Australians oppose torture in war but many don't know that torturing a soldier for information is wrong, while some think it is …
Humanitarians are facing increasingly complex battlefields with an "explosion of movements and organisations", the ICRC's president has told a gathering at the University of London. Speaking at last …
Fikadu Hailu had spent his entire life in the Yaso district of Benishangul Gumuz Region, in western Ethiopia, along with his wife and nine children. A farmer by trade, the 60-year-old cultivated …
Academic workshop on sexual violence Reading list Required reading ICRC, How does law protect in war?, ICRC, Geneva, 2011 Specifically: - Case No. 207, India, Press Release, Violence in Kashmir …
In central Mindanao and in the Sulu archipelago, fighting between government security forces and armed opposition groups led to temporary displacement of thousands of civilians. Meanwhile, sporadic …
09-03-2017 Bogotá (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) observed a clear reduction in the impact of the internal armed conflict on the civilian population in Colombia in 2016. …
Explosive hazards continue to have serious effects on the population, such as confinement, displacement, psychological issues and anxiety. Although these issues leave fewer visible scars than others, …
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