The missing sons of Guidimakha
Guidimakha is a region in southern Mauritania, bordered by Senegal and Mali. Like elsewhere on the continent, young people leave Guidimakha for other African countries or Europe. Sometimes their …
Guidimakha is a region in southern Mauritania, bordered by Senegal and Mali. Like elsewhere on the continent, young people leave Guidimakha for other African countries or Europe. Sometimes their …
The education system in Myanmar is continuously growing to meet the rising demand. And it's no different in the central prisons at Insein, Mandalay and Tharyawaddy, where juveniles have free access …
From 2007 to 2017, there were 786.071* cases of missing people in Brazil and 82.684 reports only in 2017. *Data from the Yearbook published by the Brazilian Public Safety Forum (FBSP) in 2017 and …
Since 2001, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have collaborated on implementation of International Humanitarian Law …
Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Statement by Dr Helen Durham, the ICRC director of International Law and Policy Syria, Yemen, Iraq, South Sudan, Somalia and Ukraine are …
Gerardo M. Águila, Operational Communication Officer "We have survived all kinds of things - hurricanes, emergencies and disasters - but we had never experienced anything like this. We weren't …
20-08-2018 Tokyo/Geneva – Speaking today at a meeting of parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Tokyo, Japan, Dr Helen Durham, Head of Law and Policy for the International Committee of the Red …
Before the war, Abu Ammar transported fruits and vegetables in his vehicle. The bustling Eastern Ghouta was the main agricultural supplier to the markets in Damascus. Years of fighting choked the …
This evaluation, completed in 2018, focussed on how the ICRC engages with people affected by conflict and other forms of violence, and how it responds to their diverse needs. The focus was on the …
As one of the key areas of its work, the ICRC continues to promote respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation with multiple stakeholders, including military and police forces. …
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