27-02-2015 Geneva / Kiev / Moscow (ICRC) – ICRC President Peter Maurer today completed high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, in which he focused on the severe humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine …
A summary of activities carried out by the ICRC in Bangladesh in 2014. Assuring medical support In 2014, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), with support from the ICRC: provided first aid …
Many residents in the province of Samar are struggling to cope with the consequences of protracted armed conflicts, compounded by powerful typhoons that have hit this underdeveloped area of central …
The present document has been developed as a practical tool to support State authorities, with consideration for their national specificities, in developing effective domestic legal frameworks, …
Statement The ICRC will be participating, as an expert observer, in the Fourth Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR) that will take …
Statement ICRC president Peter Maurer addresses the Human Rights Council in Geneva I am honored to address the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the third time and would like to take this opportunity to …
Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mr. President, High Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to address the Human Rights …
The ICRC physical rehabilitation project in Bangladesh is creating a national cricket team consisting of people with disabilities. The team would represent Bangladesh during a five-nation tournament …
Article by Yves Daccord, director-general of the ICRC and chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR), Geneva, published on Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) …
Geneva (ICRC) - In the margins of the 28th regular session of the Human Rights Council, ICRC President Peter Maurer met EU High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini. It was the first …
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