“Yachay”– seventeenth annual regional human rights moot court competition
… A chance to take international humanitarian law out of the classroom and into the real …
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Health Care in Danger newsletter: July – November 2015
… of medical considerations only. But for the International Committee of the Red Cross this … with which non-State armed International humanitarian law (IHL) states groups can formally voice …
Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological weapons convention - 2017
… of biological weapons is a rule of customary international humanitarian law, binding on all parties to all armed …
Access to education: Overview
… increasingly been asking us, as part of our humanitarian efforts, to help them continue or … programmes, working in partnership with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the provisions of international humanitarian law and our operational lessons learned are …
South Sudan: Helping communities stand on their feet again
… both sides of the conflict were trained in international humanitarian law (IHL). See also: South Sudan Red Cross …
Facts and Figures Uganda Rwanda Burundi 2022
… and Burundi Regional (URB) delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … carried out in 2022. The ICRC, like many humanitarian organizations continues to … mandate to promote International Humanitarian Law at the heart of our action. The following …
Climate and conflict
… We are calling for this trend to be reversed. Humanitarian organizations have an important … and conflicts. The ICRC, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … peace nexus" discussion From the Humanitarian Law and Policy blog Responding to climate …
Dialogue on persons missing in connection with 1990s and August 2008 armed conflicts continues
… and with the technical expertise of the International Committee of the Red Cross … the Coordination Mechanism has a strictly humanitarian character. As such, the steps … According to International Humanitarian Law , the families of those who have gone …
Egypt: Enhancing skills in handling emergency trauma
… 21-10-2014 Cairo (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … of that organization to respond to emergency humanitarian needs, especially by … incorporation of international humanitarian law into domestic legislation, military …
Detention in Asia and the Pacific
… of detention in Asia and the Pacific in "Humanitarian Affairs in Asia" webinar series. On 26 October 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross and … dissemination of international humanitarian law (IHL) and humanitarian principles, one of …
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