Honduras: Art helps migrants and families
Every year, tens of thousands of people travel north through Central America in search of a better life. Many are killed or injured. We're helping the families of missing migrants and supporting …
Every year, tens of thousands of people travel north through Central America in search of a better life. Many are killed or injured. We're helping the families of missing migrants and supporting …
Every year, the Martens Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law brings together the best law students, if not from the entire universe then at least from the universities of the CIS …
Ms Biljana Milosevic, head of delegation for the ICRC in Georgia, outlines the problems of persons missing as a result of armed conflict, and how the ICRC seeks to discover their fate and …
The ICRC helps people with disabilities through our physical rehabilitation programme and the ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled. The people we serve include victims of armed conflict, of other …
A conference on "Refreshing Humanitarian Action" took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the end of February. The event was an opportunity for policy makers and humanitarians to look at how humanitarian …
After 25 years of sharing offices with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation's physical rehabilitation centre in Battambang, the ICRC's physical rehabilitation programme …
In February 2016, the United Nations Secretary General released his Report on the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). The report calls on States, United Nations agencies, civil society and all parties …
In 2015 the ICRC continued to help hundreds of thousands of people reconnect with their families following refugee influx in Tanzania and Djibouti. We provided economic support to people directly or …
The ICRC's policy objectives and positions are based on its operational experience and aim to enhance the protection and assistance of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of …
22-04-2016 Geneva/Bamako (ICRC) – The three staff members with whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had lost contact on 16 April were unconditionally released today, safe and …
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