Launch of the Roots of Restraint in War Study
Hong Kong secondary school students attend a Chinese military passing-out ceremony in Hong Kong, July 2011. ©EPA / Alex Hofford On 18 June 2018, the ICRC will present findings from its landmark …
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Access to education: Strategy
Education supports children and communities to live their lives in dignity and achieve their potential. For the ICRC, consolidating and enhancing its response to education needs in armed conflict and …
Access to education: Overview
Education gives children and young people the skills to make reasoned choices in life, to build their resilience and to develop coping mechanisms. Education protects and sustains lives and …
Framework for access to education
The purpose of this document is to outline how and to what extent the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will engage in operations and policy in education. Our primary objective is to …
Professional standards for protection work
The Professional Standards for Protection Work (third edition) (also available in an abridged version ) constitute a set of minimum but essential standards aimed at ensuring that protection work …
China: Naval officers discuss the rules of war at sea
Around 30 senior military officers from 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region as well as ICRC specialists and prominent academic authorities on the law of maritime warfare participate in the …
Statement on Yemen: Push for Hodeida will exacerbate catastrophic humanitarian situation
13-06-2018 A statement from Robert Mardini, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on the situation in Hodeida, Yemen. The most …
Annual Report 2017
The Annual Report 2017 is an account of the field activities the ICRC conducted worldwide over the year. These activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of …
The Roots of Restraint in War
The Roots of Restraint in War is an update of the 2004 Roots of Behaviour in War. You can also find here the Executive Summary of this report. Based on two years of research collaboration between the …
Myanmar: Vulnerable homes in the Pauktaw islands
In the tiny Pauktaw islands, near the Rakhine State capital Sittwe, a project is under way to help villagers make their homes cyclone resistant. Many of the houses in Pyaing Taung and Sin Tet Maw …
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