What are the triggers for global conflicts, and what can we do about them?
… for example in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia or Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory …
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Making better use of data on attacks against health care
… (MSF), Dana Moss (Physicians for Human Rights Israel), Diederik Lohman (Human Rights Watch), … Hussam Wafa Issa (Physicians for Human Rights Israel), James Le Mesurier (Mayday Rescue), Jo … Frontières PHRI Physicians for Human Rights Israel SHCC Safeguarding Health in Conflict …
Counterterrorism, IHL and Humanitarian Action
… coordinator in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel/Palestinian occupied territory. Prior …
War in Cities exhibit comes to Manila
… Affected children. Credit: ICRC Archives Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, … warm themselves in this hall. Credit: ICRC Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, …
Views and recommendations of the ICRC for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, … the declaration by 25 States (idem, p. 38). Israel also issued an additional declaration …
“It’s time to elevate the laws of war to a political priority”
… there: From Ethiopia to Yemen, Afghanistan to Israel and the occupied territories, from …
ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2021
… Arab Republic 149.4 Yemen 123.8 Iraq 53.9 Israel and the Occupied Territories 43.5 Lebanon Israel and the Occupied Territories Iraq 18.0 …
Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population
… Affected children. Credit: ICRC Archives Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, … warm themselves in this hall. Credit: ICRC Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, …
Ecuador: Regional Meeting of National Committees on IHL and Other Similar Entities of the Americas
… Ortiz Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes Mario Israel Martínez López Ministerio de la Defensa …
International conference opening: ICRC president address
… of the MoU between Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society. …
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