Red Cross Red Crescent: Invisible scars (magazine)
Invisible scars: the Movement is doing more to help victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The difference data makes: How data can save lives, improve health and bring aid more efficiently. …
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Humanitarian effectiveness through new technology requires standards of control over data, data integrity and data availability
Statement Statement to High-Level Panel on "Improving Humanitarian Effectiveness Through New Technologies and Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges" United Nations Economic and Social Council – …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Matters of principle (magazine)
Matters of principle. The Fundamental Principles turn 50 years old this year. What better time to examine the challenges faced in putting these key guiding principles into action? In this story, a …
Red Cross Red Crescent: The face of humanity (magazine)
Covered head-to-toe in protective clothing, volunteers on the front lines of the fight against the Ebola virus disease represent the best hope for those suffering from this lethal disease. Also in …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Humanity Inc. (magazine)
As humanitarian needs rise and aid budgets are scarce, what’s a humanitarian organization to do? What are the risks and rewards of using private enterprise to fund humanitarian assistance? Also in …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Protecting the witnesses (magazine)
Journalists are often the first to expose the reality and the crimes of war. They are also crucial witnesses to the suffering and needs of vulnerable people in times of conflict and natural disaster. …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Words into action (magazine)
Following the promises and commitments made at the Movement’s 2011 statutory meetings in Geneva, the focus now shifts to putting words into action. How do we best implement IHL on the ground? Also in …
Report of the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent – Including the Summary Report of the 2011 Council of Delegates
Report of the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent – Including the Summary Report of the 2011 Council of …
Movement Policy on Internal Displacement Resolution No. 5 of the 2009 Council of Delegates
The Movement Policy on Internal Displacement proposes 10 principles for addressing forced displacement. The policy guidelines refer to the importance of national law and international human rights, …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Programmed for war (magazine)
From microscopic weapons to fully automated robotic fighting machines, the technology of warfare is changing rapidly. As the first Geneva Convention of 1864 turns 150 years old this year, we look to …
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