Central America Annual Report 2019
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that operates according to the Fundamental Principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence and has the …
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How to use social media to engage with people affected by crisis
11-10-2017 ICRC, IFRC, and UNOCHA release a brief guide for humanitarians. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies …
War pushing water shortages to breaking point in the Middle East, says ICRC report
… essential services, together with a lack of jobs, has resulted in mounting social …
Venezuela: Supporting the most violence-affected population in 2019
In 2019 Venezuela experienced an increase in social tensions, and its economic and social situation deteriorated, giving rise to a shortage of essential goods, health care, and other essential …
Venezuela in 2020: humanitarian work to help those hardest hit by violence and the pandemic
Throughout 2020, the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continued to take its toll on the most vulnerable part of the population, who had to not only endure a context riddled with violence and a …
Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
Security of information
The ICRC depends on pertinent information to understand the environments in which it operates, and to respond effectively to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and other situations of …
Pakistan: New law to prevent violence against health-care workers, facilities and patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
… Ashfaq Yusufzai, “Specialist Doctors Quit Jobs to Join LRH”, Dawn News (9 June 2017) KP … compulsory to apply for in-house hospital jobs. Noti cations are legally binding. v. The …
Venezuela in 2022: Building solutions with communities affected by armed violence
2022 was a year of growth, in which we explored new ways of protecting and assisting people affected directly or indirectly by the armed violence in Venezuela. We improved people's access to clean …
Voices from Within:<br>A decade of questions racing through the minds of<br>war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa
Over the past ten years, several armed conflicts have plagued the Middle East and North Africa. These conflicts and other situations of violence have created unprecedented levels of human suffering …
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