The Void You Left 2019
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presents the exhibition "A falta que você faz" (The Void You Left) from August 30, 2019 to September 29, 2019 at the Dragão do Mar Center for Art …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presents the exhibition "A falta que você faz" (The Void You Left) from August 30, 2019 to September 29, 2019 at the Dragão do Mar Center for Art …
Facts and figures 2018 The International Committee of the Red Cross established an office in Damaturu, Yobe state in 2014. With a mission to assist victims of armed conflict, the ICRC carries out …
In 2018, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided financial, material, educational and other support to meet people's needs. This included microeconomic and microcredit …
Prof. Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics …
National Red Cross Societies in the EU and Norway, the IFRC, and the ICRC make recommendations to the EU and its Member States The nature of today's humanitarian crisis situations is increasingly …
Joint Statement by the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Committee (TC) Further to the announcement made on 20 June 2019, with regard to the human remains recently found in Al-Muthanna …
The east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a scene of repeated armed clashes, which have forced thousands of families to flee their homes. Being accepted in another community and finding a …
Fatima gets to meet her husband Abdul for only one week every year. While she is in Zamboanga, he is in Manila – both opposite ends of the country of Philippines . Abdul was detained in September …
International Humanitarian Law at the National Level: Impact and Role ofNational Committees International Humanitarian Law at the National Level: Impact and Role ofNational Committees 12.8.2003 15:31 …
Facts and Figures: January to June 2019 The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. Today, our major activities in the country include visiting …
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