Presentation to the 15th edition of DIHAD Dr Hugo Slim - head of policy and humanitarian diplomacy - ICRC Presentation to the 15th edition of Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development …
Since 2016, the ICRC has helped 700 vulnerable women in Burundi start small businesses so they can regain financial independence. Working women are able to support their families through tough times. …
In 2017, the ICRC continued to help to improve the treatment and conditions of detainees in the penitentiary system throughout Kyrgyztan. This also included tuberculosis treatment in three penal …
Southern Africa facts and figures for 2017 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in southern Africa carries out humanitarian activities in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, …
08-03-2018 Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) – Observations on Iraq's new recovery phase from Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who visited Iraq between 6 and 8 …
On this International Women's Day, Dr Helen Durham, director of the Humanitarian Law and Policy Department at the ICRC, discusses the role of women in shaping the discourse around international …
Damascus/Geneva (ICRC) – Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and UN on Friday delivered urgently needed aid in Syria despite fighting that …
Shifaa lost her father to kidney failure in 2014. He was not able to get proper medical treatment due to the conflict. The 15-year-old's eldest brother is detained and she lives with her other …
Over a million people have been displaced by serious violence that has been going on for nearly two years in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Far from home, and no longer …
In the second general round, a mooter from Soochow University (Taiwan, China) gives her submission for the prosecutor. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Yongtao XIANG General rounds' judges at the certificate …
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