Joint statement on the protection of health care
In the last few months, a number of attacks against health-care workers, medical transports and facilities have taken place in several countries, like Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen to mention a few. …
In the last few months, a number of attacks against health-care workers, medical transports and facilities have taken place in several countries, like Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen to mention a few. …
Ukraine and Afghanistan. Humanitarian law and the protection of civilians in wartime. Vital topics for both the ICRC and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and good reason for senior …
Between 2012 and 2015, the ICRC undertook a major consultation process on how to strengthen legal protection for victims of armed conflict. This involves two tracks of work, one regarding detention …
Since the beginning of this year, 2,860 migrants are thought to have died in the Mediterranean after setting off in smugglers' boats from the Libyan coast towards Italy. Volunteers from the Libyan …
An ICRC staff member discusses with a group of detainees with the aim of assessing living conditions in the prison. The ICRC's detention work seeks to ensure those detained receive humane and …
How would you feel if your children had been missing for over a year? In this short video, a family is tearfully rejoined with their two young sons who disappeared in July 2014. After more than a …
02-11-2015 Joint statement International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Iran Red Crescent Society, Tehran. Tehran (ICRC) – Today the …
Lina with her three children in their makeshift home. Ras Baalbek, Lebanon, July 2015. “For three years I had no answer for my children when they asked me 'What are we were going to eat today?'. I …
32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 December 2015. Document prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross This is the fourth report …
31-10-2015 Kiev/Severodonetsk (ICRC) – Huge blasts after an ammunition depot exploded in the town of Svatove, in the Lugansk region, have left at least eight people wounded and two dead. Many …
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