Nigeria: Capturing hope in the face of despair
What happens when you give the residents of an informal settlement a chance to tell their own story through their own eyes? You get a better understanding of how they see themselves. This is exactly …
What happens when you give the residents of an informal settlement a chance to tell their own story through their own eyes? You get a better understanding of how they see themselves. This is exactly …
13-11-2017 Law students compete in the second national moot court competition On 13th and 14th November 2017, law students from around the country will square up in the second National Moot Court …
11-11-2017 A major conference has adopted a series of measures that will shape the efforts of the world's largest humanitarian movement to respond to the needs of people affected by crises. The …
The Afghan National Wheelchair Basketball team, sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, participated in the 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships from Oct. 21st -29th, 2017 in …
"It has been 24 years of sheer hell for my family. The first few years after he went missing, we did not know if my father was alive or dead. Once we heard about his death, we did not know where he …
Oct. 25, 2017, China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing. The Afghan national wheelchair basketball team, supported by the ICRC, are doing warm-up exercises before their …
The booth of the ICRC is set up by colleagues who arrive on the spot early in the morning. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC The ICRC’s booth packed with enthusiastic visitors not long after the sale started. CC …
07-11-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for Yemen's air, sea and land borders to be kept open to allow vital humanitarian supplies to …
07-11-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC this week launches a new phase in its public awareness campaign on the need and relevance of the laws of war. Today a hard-hitting video shockingly reminds us that …
For three days, 13 teams from eight universities tested their knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) in fictional armed conflict and other scenarios put together during the 3rd IHL Role …
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