Statement to UN General Assembly Third Committee Informal Dialogue with Mr. Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert leading the UN Study on Children Deprived of Liberty As delivered by Ms. Agnès Coutou, …
Vilet and Enose survived Hurricane Dorian, but lost touch when they were evacuated from Abaco Island. Only with the help of a Red Cross volunteer were they reunited. Photo and text: John Engedal …
07-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – Nearly three in four millennials – 73 per cent – surveyed across 15 countries said that mental health needs are as important as water, food and shelter for victims of wars …
An Sinet, team captain The year 2015 was my first time travelling to Malaysia to play with their men’s wheelchair basketball team. I learnt so much from them, especially the coach. He not only helped …
The Seoul mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in association with other international organizations and the Korean International Cooperation Agency marked World …
04-10-2019 BAGHDAD (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross is concerned by the increasingly violent clashes between protesters and security forces across Iraq . The deaths of civilians …
The ICRC and senior security and justice sector personnel in Somali region discussed ways of further strengthening their existing relations and cooperation related to humanitarian issues at a …
04-10-2019 Geneva/Amsterdam, 4 October 2019 – The massive mental health needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies are not being addressed, warned leaders of the International Committee of …
03-10-2019 Jerusalem - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) laments the misplaced public pressure directed towards its offices and staff over the past days which has led to the …
The daughter of PRCS volunteer paramedic Mahmoud Abu Salah kisses his hand in the early morning as he gets on his motorcycle to go to work at PRCS Khan Yunis station, Gaza. ICRC/Mohammed Mansour Upon …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
