HR Payroll and Data Officer (French Speaker)
(Kenyan National Position) Human resources ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is recruiting an experienced, highly motivated and qualified person to fill the position of HR Payroll and Data Officer …
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Middle East: The ICRC urgently calls on all parties to protect civilians
04-10-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – As violence intensifies across the Middle East, the region sits on the precipice of a region-wide armed conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Israel and the Occupied Territories: Key Facts and Figures (7 October 2023 – 25 September 2024)
One year since the devastating events on 07 October 2023, renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza persist. The violence – unprecedented in scale and nature – …
Central African Republic: Clean drinking water remains a luxury
For people in the Central African Republic, clean drinking water is hard to come by, owing to a lack of investment in the water supply and treatment network, the long-standing armed conflict in the …
EVENT: Colombia’s path towards peace: the role of IHL
In 2024, the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions presents a pivotal opportunity to reaffirm the crucial role of international humanitarian law (IHL) in preventing and mitigating the …
Ukraine: As Winter Approaches, Communities Prepare
In the third year since the escalation of the armed conflict, communities in Eastern Ukraine prepare for the coming winter. “We returned here in the autumn of 2023. We came back because home is …
Senior Legal Advisor on International Humanitarian Law
Brussels Open-ended 38 hours/week International law and policy The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian …
High-level initiative on international humanitarian law
On 27 September 2024 Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan and South Africa together with the ICRC launched a global initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law …
Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Africa launch a global initiative to galvanise political commitment to international humanitarian law and call for a high-level meeting to uphold humanity in war in 2026
27-09-2024 27 September 2024 New York – Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and South Africa today launched a global initiative to galvanize political commitment in support of international …
Armenia: Capturing the stories of waiting and yearning
“Waiting is just one word, yet it is full of despair and pain. I have been waiting since the first day of the war, and I will never stop waiting because I will only start living again when the most …
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