Warda's journey from Baghdad to Beirut
Four years ago, Warda was a dental technician and owned a very well established laboratory in Baghdad. Through a series of poor life choices, diminished financial means and lack of access to health …
Four years ago, Warda was a dental technician and owned a very well established laboratory in Baghdad. Through a series of poor life choices, diminished financial means and lack of access to health …
Can one piece of paper change your life? The ICRC has teamed up with acclaimed filmmaker Bassam Tariq to produce a new short film, Wa'ad (The Promise) that explores the complex dynamics at play when …
Ergneti (ICRC) – A meeting seeking to find out the whereabouts of 163 missing people took place today in Ergneti. This meeting is part of a coordination mechanism established under the auspices and …
Journalists from leading media houses and communication colleagues from humanitarian organizations in the Republic of Korea came together for a workshop organized by the International Committee of …
Facts and figures: January – September 2018 Imagine you are three years old, playing outside with your older brother. All of a sudden everything is confusing: people running, in panic, screaming, …
A moving short film portraying the reality facing women in war zones is among those being screened at a London film festival, to make a stand against sexual violence in conflict. The two-day event, …
Members of parliament are instrumental in ensuring that international humanitarian law (IHL) is properly implemented under their domestic legal system. Parliamentarians play a unique role in adapting …
It was an ordinary morning in Kunming, Yunnan Province, when students at Longxiang Elementary school suddenly found themselves under attack from four "terrorists" armed with machetes. The school …
20-11-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Should a weapon system be able to make its own “decision” about who to kill? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) believes that the answer is no, and today …
Event Video Event Information This conference, organized alongside the All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition, looked into how migrants and refugees are …
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