Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015
… unaccompanied Syrian minor with his family in Turkey. Visiting detainees The ICRC carries …
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The International Committee of the Red Cross in Greece, 2016-2023: Brief review of activities
… The main sea and land migratory routes from Turkey to Greece proved to be highly … related sea and land migratory routes from Turkey to to the management of the dead, to …
Guidelines on investigating violations of IHL: Law, policy and good practice
… 22107/93, Judgment of 25 February 1997 Kaya v Turkey, Application No. 158/1996/777/978, … Judgment of 19 February 1998 Kurt v Turkey, Application No. 15/1997/799/1002, … Judgment of 25 May 1998 Ergi v Turkey, Application No. 66/1997/850/1057, …
Migration: Speech by ICRC president to Council of Europe
… or Chad in Africa, and Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey closer to Europe. As conflicts continue …
The use of weapons and equipment in law enforcement operations
… degree using automatic fire”; ECtHR, Gül v. Turkey (Application no. 22676/93), judgment of … §§ 14, 67; and ECtHR, Cangöz and Others v. Turkey (Application no. 7469/06), judgment of …
Protection in the Movement
… Nigeria, Norway, South Sudan, Sweden and Turkey. Since 2018, several strategic and …
Third report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL
… conclusions of October 2019 the EU condemned Turkey’s unilateral military action in northeast Syria and urged Turkey to end its military action, withdraw … the Eastern Mediterranean.’ ‘The EU condemns Turkey’s unilateral military action in North …
Missing persons and their families - Factsheet
… 48; European Court of Human Rights, Cyprus v. Turkey, Judgment, 10 May 2001, para. 136. 8 …
ICRC study: Over 41% health workers experienced violence in last 2 months
Over 41 per cent of health-care workers reported having experienced some form of violence in the last two months , with verbal violence, false accusations and stigmatisation being the more commonly …
Bled dry - How war in the Middle East is bringing the region to the brink of a water catastrophe
… in neighbouring Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), along with another 2.5 million … the past decade. Developments upstream in Turkey, Syria and Iran have led to reduced …
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