A look back at First World War's most vulnerable
Orphans milk goats at an orphanage in Russia’s Novgorod Province, August 1914. The ICRC supported charities throughout Russia and Eastern Europe. A hundred years after the First World War came to an …
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South Sudan: ICRC available to act as a neutral intermediary in release of detainees
28-01-2018 Juba - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has informed parties involved in the conflict in South Sudan that it can facilitate any potential release of persons detained in …
Afghanistan: Despite the challenges we remained committed in 2017
It's been a difficult year for the humanitarian community in Afghanistan. Besides the fragmented conflict landscape in some parts of the country, there is growing insecurity and an increase in …
ICRC remains committed to South Sudan’s people
Operational Highlights for 2017 The fourth year of South Sudan's civil war saw a severe deterioration of humanitarian conditions across the country. The conflict has claimed innumerable lives and …
Sri Lanka: South Asia meet in Colombo on IHL
The South Asia Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held in Colombo on 3-8 July 2017. The seminar saw more than 40 participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, …
Sri Lanka: Waiting for answers
Between July and September 2017, we started conducting lectures on ambiguous loss for students and professionals in the fields of psychology and counselling to raise awareness of it, with the aim of …
KSA: ICRC oversees repatriation of 27 Yemeni minors
Upon a request from Saudi authorities and the Arab Coalition, an ICRC team oversaw and helped in the repatriation of 27 Yemeni children aged between 8 and 17, as part of the ICRC’s neutral …
Armenia: A day in the life of a school on the border
Before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the 1990s, this school in Tavush Region of Armenia had 800 students. Now there are only 200. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC /Gohar Hakobyan Arthur Bejanyan studied in this …
Sarajevo: Seminar on the interplay between international humanitarian law and Islamic Law
On 20 December 2017, the ICRC organized a joint seminar on the interplay between International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Islamic Law, in collaboration with the Faculty of Islamic Studies (FIS) of …
The ICRC at Davos: Tech partnerships, augmented reality and the cruelty of war
22-01-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss pressing humanitarian issues in an …
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