Cluster munitions: Treacherous weapons that still kill ten years after a convention to ban them
… Protecting civilians and ensuring respect for international humanitarian law is an integral part of Switzerland's …
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Protecting lives and alleviating suffering: Annual report on activities in Venezuela in 2023
… Throughout 2023, we carried out our humanitarian activities to protect and help … bearers to ensure that they know the rules of international humanitarian law, international We carried out economic …
South Africa: 22nd Annual Regional Seminar on IHL
… The Department of International Relations and Cooperation … on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Southern Africa and the Indian …
Kenya / Tanzania / Djibouti: Refugees made 241,000 calls to families in 2015
… 470 police officers benefited from IHRL and humanitarian principles training 253 … conflict in neighbouring countries, promoting international humanitarian law, providing basic aid and visiting …
Explosive remnants of war
… – left behind after a conflict. In 2003, the international community adopted a treaty to … Explosive remnants of war and international humanitarian law When an armed conflict ends, the …
Statement by Peter Maurer to the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
… humanity . Their use would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences, capable of … to assist the dying and injured. The International Movement of the Red Cross and … in accordance with international humanitarian law . Any use of, or threat to use, nuclear …
Ready-to-use workshop on protection of health care in armed conflict
… The workshop enables students and teachers of law to address the legal issues linked to … and other emergencies. It focuses on international rules, the importance of respecting international humanitarian law and medical ethics, with the …
Israel and the occupied territories: No time to lose
… Gaza and Israel must stop and much-needed humanitarian activities must start now. The … the need to adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law and to protect civilians. We welcome the …
Health services deal with a pandemic and violence in Colombia
… the country constituted a breach of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and had serious consequences, such …
Mozambique assists 3,5 thousand returnee families in Mocímboa da Praia and opens an office in Mueda to increase operations in northern Mozambique
… 14-06-2023 Mueda, 14 June 2023 – The International Committee of the Red Cross … allowing for an easier and more efficient humanitarian response in the region. "The … on the respect of International Humanitarian law (IHL) as well as for our response to the …
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