Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 In December 2015, Ambassador Seleka chaired two Health Care in Danger (HCiD) commissions at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red …
07-03-2016 Port Moresby (ICRC) – Visits by families to correctional institutions contribute positively towards the rehabilitation of detainees, according to Rueben Rupa, the Rehabilitation and …
Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 On 15 February, three more health-care facilities in Syria were bombed. With the sound of those explosions still ringing in our ears, we cannot say that …
Through our physical rehabilitation programme and the Special Fund for the Disabled, the ICRC aims to help anyone with a disability. This includes including victims of armed conflict, other …
I draw my courage from the love I have for my son, and from the suffering of the many women who, like me, are searching for missing relatives. At 86, Angelica Mendoza, known by all as "Mama …
Ngov Chreb and Laim Sophara both suffered spinal injuries that changed their lives for ever. After years of suffering the effects of disability, they have both found new lives and livelihoods thanks …
Fatuma and her family were living a difficult life in a Somali displacement camp about a year ago. Her children were frequently hungry. School was an unaffordable luxury. A year later, everything has …
In 2015, our work in Israel and the occupied territories focused on the protection of civilians, the welfare of detainees held in Israeli and Palestinian jails, and providing help for the most needy. …
The ICRC conducted two emergency room trauma courses for a total of 48 doctors in Pyongyang. The three-day courses were organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health and the DPRK Red …
Many migrants lose touch with their families at some point in their journey. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement helps them restore contact. This video presents the experiences of …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
