Explosive Remnants of War
This brochure highlights the risks posed by unexploded and abandoned ordnance in war-affected countries, and summarizes the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War, a treaty adopted by States in 2003 …
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First Aid in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence
A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other …
The Need to Know: Restoring Links between Dispersed Family Members
This publication explains how the Family Links network operates and why its services are so important. It describes situations in which family separations occur, and the many ways in which the …
Addressing Internal Displacement in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Violence
At the end of 2016 there were more than 40 million internally displaced people worldwide. They suffer extreme hardship as displacement disrupts their lives and livelihoods and exposes them to a host …
Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
Revised and updated version! Children associated with armed forces or groups often see, suffer and perpetrate atrocities. Both the brochure and the ICRC's work with children affected by conflict and …
Assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence
The ICRC's assistance work: Aims, basis for action, main activities and professions involved. …
Cooperation with National Societies
The Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement is present on almost all of today's battlefields working to save lives and alleviate human suffering. How do the different components of such a large network work …
Rules for Behaviour in Combat
These booklets are pocket-sized so that combatants can carry them along and consult the rules on the spot, thus enabling them to act advisedly and to avoid making mistakes which might have very …
Targeting the Weapons: Reducing the Human Cost of Unregulated Arms Availability
The increased risk that civilians face due to the current inadequate controls on arms availability, combined with the frequent use of weapons in violation of international humanitarian law are …
Warrior without weapons
An account of Dr Junod's experiences between 1935 and 1945 on missions which took him first to Abyssinia and air raids with mustard gas bombs, then to Spain, Poland, Germany and lastly to Japan, …
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