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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict aftermath: Winter deepens agony of families of missing people

… and return them to their families. The International Committee of the Red Cross, … and Central Asia. The ICRC is the only major humanitarian organization present across the … 2. Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict have the duty to …

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Lake Chad: Striving to meet growing needs

… Chad, Niger and Cameroon, where the humanitarian situation is also deteriorating. … Across the Lake Chad region, the International Committee of the Red Cross … police officers in international humanitarian law in relation to arrest, detention, and the …

News release

Newsletter - December 2020: there is no health without mental health

… Robert Mardini, ICRC’s director-general The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … anxiety. Our call for participation in the humanitarian reporting competition in the … years after the Lebanese parliament approved Law 105 on the Missing and Forcibly …

Report

Philippines: Mindanao Newsletter 2016

… suffering by promoting the respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). If respected by the parties to …

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Liberia: Over 300,000 people received health care in 2015

… In 2015 the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the Liberian authorities to respond to humanitarian needs and building capacities of … Free Promoting international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles • More than …

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"Live-saving norms of the Mine Ban Convention must be upheld and commitments to affected populations met"

… a valuable opportunity to reconnect with the humanitarian imperative underlying this … its terms. The Convention provides a strong international framework for the elimination of … is rooted in international humanitarian law. The ongoing suffering caused by …

Statement

Migration and Displacement: Complementarity and Gaps in Legal Protection

… organized alongside the All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition, looked into how …

Event

New warfare technologies, new protection challenges

… This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by … Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Ms. … International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Professor Brian Rappert, Sociology, …

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New warfare technologies, new protection challenges

… This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by … Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Ms. … International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Professor Brian Rappert, Sociology, …

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Persons with disabilities in armed conflicts: from invisibility to visibility

… disabilities and expose them to greater harm. International humanitarian law (IHL), the Convention on the Rights of …

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