Children in war – Related sites
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Children and armed conflict (United Nations) UNICEF – UN Children’s Fund Child rights information Network (CRIN) Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers …
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Children and armed conflict (United Nations) UNICEF – UN Children’s Fund Child rights information Network (CRIN) Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers …
ICRC delegates Marina Fakhouri and Bruno Pommier were in Lugansk from 21 to 26 August. They describe the precarious situation in the town as shelling continues to endanger civilian lives and damage …
Facing massive displacement that has resulted from the fighting, health services in South Sudan are working under enormous pressure. Since the outbreak of violence in December, the ICRC has worked …
Speaker: Yves Daccord, Director-General, ICRC. Where: Chatham House, London When: 04.09.2014 Chair : Lord Mark Malloch-Brown Listen to an audio recording from this event on Chatham House's …
A summary of the ICRC's activities in Ethiopia between January and June 2014. Gezahegn Berhanu/ERCS More than 30, 800 detainees in 17 federal and regional prisons were visited. More than …
04-09-2014 Bangui (ICRC) – More than 14,000 people living in the Kaga Bandoro area, in the north-central part of the Central African Republic, have been given seed, farm tools, food and basic …
In the middle of July, a group of academics and government lawyers gathered for two days at Oxford University to discuss issues related to current challenges pertaining to armed conflict and the …
05-09-2014 Fighting in Iraq has displaced over 1.5 million people. The ICRC has delivered food, drinking water, other relief items and medical assistance to more than a million people since January, …
As an open-ended cease fire promises relief from a 51-day conflict in Gaza, the ICRC and its partner, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), are boosting their efforts to help those whose lives …
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