E-briefing: Sexual violence in armed conflict
Sexual violence has been, and to a large extent continues to be, shrouded in silence. However, its prevalence and horrific toll on individuals and societies, as well as the dynamics behind it, have …
Sexual violence has been, and to a large extent continues to be, shrouded in silence. However, its prevalence and horrific toll on individuals and societies, as well as the dynamics behind it, have …
16-12-2015 Damascus – Geneva: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have started to deliver food and other aid to thousands of people in the …
16-12-2015 Beirut – Particularly vulnerable Palestine refugees from Syria in Lebanon will receive assistance to cope with the coming winter through a programme launched by the International Committee …
Displaced Syrians in camps with tattered tents or living in run-down homes fear the ongoing winter, which is going to get harsher in coming weeks. It will be extremely difficult for children to …
Building on the previous panel discussion " Responding to sexual violence in conflict: can we do better ?", the ICRC and the Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) …
What factors condition behaviour in armed conflict? What is the distance between knowing IHL and respecting it? What leads a combatant to comply with the law or not? Ten years after the publication …
In November 2015, the ICRC and Deakin University gathered representatives from humanitarian organizations for a closed roundtable in Melbourne on the costs and challenges of adhering to the …
The hospital in Kodok, South Sudan was caught in the crossfire of warring parties in July 2015. Two people died and the hospital staff were forced to flee the area. Eleven patients died in subsequent …
Now that her parents have died, leaving her alone, this woman speaks of her missing brother with more despair than ever. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / M. Kokic A relative of a missing person learns to weave …
With no end in sight to the fighting in Libya, people are losing hope of ever returning to normal life. Many regions face regular power cuts, water cuts and fuel shortages, and it is becoming …
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