Exhibition marks ICRC’s 25 years in Armenia
27-11-2017 Yerevan (ICRC) – An exhibition highlighting the anguish of families whose loved ones have been missing in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was organized to mark 25 years of …
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Malaysia: 14th National IHL Moot Court Competition
The team from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) lifted the winner's trophy at the IHL Moot Court Competition recently organized by the ICRC in partnership with the International Islamic University …
Meet the psychologist helping people heal in Ukraine
Meet Farhana Javid. The 38-year-old psychologist from India is a mental health delegate in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine. She counsels and supports the residents of front-line communities and helps them …
Nepal: Experts in South Asia discuss protection of cultural property during armed conflict at regional IHL meet
Government representatives from nine countries participated in the Seventh South Asian Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to discuss and deliberate on key issues related to …
China: Experts discuss the control of arms in international and domestic law
22-11-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – A round table on "The control of arms in international and domestic law: Legal and Policy Considerations", co-organized by the International committee of the Red Cross …
Cairo: Building emergency response teams
Members of the Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRCS), with support from the ICRC Libya and Cairo delegations, visited Egypt for a peer-to-peer experience exchange with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society …
Engagement with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Southeast Asia
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Statement The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – comprised of 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and …
Yemen: Border closure shuts down water, sewage systems, raising cholera risk
17-11-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – With imports of fuel and other essential goods at a standstill for the past ten days, three Yemeni cities had to stop providing clean water in recent days, putting …
Ukraine: Lending a heart to detainees’ health
Keeping in mind the staggering number of heart disease-related deaths in Ukraine's prisons, the ICRC has put in place a programme to allow for effective treatment of cardiac patients in detention. An …
Life as a war surgeon in South Sudan
“We are doing something big here” Slobodan has been working with the ICRC since 2014 but still runs his own medical practice in Serbia. Born in 1967, he's a keen marathon runner and has long …
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