Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
Statement The 70th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons is the moment to signal that the era of nuclear weapons is coming to an end and that the threat of these weapons will be forever …
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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement deplores attack in which Myanmar Red Cross volunteers were injured
17-02-2015 ICRC/ IFRC/ MRCS - Yangon/ Kuala Lumpur/ Geneva – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is deeply saddened to learn that two volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society …
Gaza: A step forward
Osama lost a leg during the 2014 Gaza conflict. He was sure that he would never again live a normal life, or be able to support his wife and four children. But the treatment he received at the …
Strengthening health systems through collaboration and innovation
Last month Philips and the ICRC jointly hosted a Health Care Dinner at the WEF Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos, Switzerland. An event where 24 international key opinion leaders in health care around the …
Panel Discussion - Scope of the law in armed conflict
On the 19th of February, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights organized a joint event at the Humanitarium , on the topic: "The scope of the law in armed …
Chad: Fallout from escalating violence in north-eastern Nigeria
At the beginning of January, violence in the city of Baga in north-eastern Nigeria involving Boko Haram claimed many lives and sent over 10,000 people fleeing for survival across Lake Chad to the …
Cameroon/CAR: A mother and daughter reunited after an agonizing year of separation
After a year-long separation, Pilera, a seventeen-year-old girl from the Central African Republic, has been able to find her mother in Cameroon, thanks to the efforts of the ICRC and the Cameroon Red …
South Sudan: Facts and figures February 2015 - Helping families find each other
A summary of the ICRC's activities in South Sudan since the beginning of the emergency in mid-December 2013 to the end of January 2015. This month's theme: Helping families find each other FACTS & …
Gaza: Six months on, aid and reconstruction efforts struggle to make headway
Six months after the end of the conflict between Israel and Gaza, tens of thousands of people continue to suffer, with little or no help to rebuild their lives. Without viable shelter and essential …
Iran: Legal experts discuss prohibition of weapons
20-02-2015 Tehran (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the National Committee of Humanitarian Law of Iran (NCHL) have together hosted a series of events on prohibiting and …
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